| GYPSYMOTHS | Members of the lepidoptera after which the British two-seater touring aircraft were named - Amy John |
| SNOUTMOTH | Member of the Lepidoptera family Pyralidae, whose caterpillars are often viewed as pests (5, 4) |
| MGMIDGET | Classic British two-seater |
| MGS | Classic British two-seaters |
| GOVERNORGENERAL | Chief representative of the Crown in a Commonwealth country of which the British monarch is head of state (8,7) |
| MAJUBA | Battle of _Hill, February 1881, in which the British were routed by the Boers (6) |
| GHERKIN | The immature fruit of any of various cucumbers after which the London building at 30 St Mary Axe is nicknamed |
| BACTRIA | (GKN) Ancient country of central Asia after which the two-humped camel is named (7) |
| AJAX | Trojan War hero and king of ancient Salamis - he was the particularly strong one, for which quality the cleaning products were named after him |
| SCARPE | Three First World War battles were named after this river of the Arras area of northern France (6) |
| MERLIN | Hurricane and Spitfire aircraft were powered by which Rolls-Royce engine? (6) |
| GHOSTTOWN | A 1981 hit for British two-tone band the Specials (5,4) |
| DOWNING | Street in which the British prime minister's official residence is located |
| OXFORD | English city in which the British detective drama series Inspector Morse is set (6) |
| KEDGEREE | Anglo-Indian dish in which the British contributions are fish and hard-boiled eggs |
| STING | Stage name by which the British musician Gordon Sumner is better known (5) |
| LUNARCYCLE | Sequence of 19 years after which the moon's phases recur on the same days each year (5,5) |
| SCHOONER | Two-masted sailing craft, such as America, after which the America's Cup was named (8) |
| ALBI | French city after which the crusade against the 11 was named (4) |
| QUETZALCOATL | Mesoamerican deity after which the first, unpublished version of D H Lawrence novel The Plumed Serpent was titled |
