| FLEETSTREET | Part of London traditionally associated with newspapers and reporting (5,6) |
| OPPRESSED | Work with newspapers and their boss, treated harshly (9) |
| FLEET | London street associated with newspaper publishing (5) |
| ORGANDIE | Material long associated with newspaper, perhaps (8) |
| THINKTANK | Group of experts researching and reporting on policy issues (5,4) |
| ACARS | Aircraft Communications Addressing and Reporting Sys. |
| HIGHWYCOMBE | Town in South Buckinghamshire traditionally associated with the furniture industry (4,7) |
| BERET | Traditionally associated with France and worn as part of some military uniforms, a flattish cap made from felt, cloth or wool (5) |
| HARE | With leverets for young and known collectively as a husk, leap, trip and down, a swift-footed animal traditionally associated with March (4) |
| MAY | Last month of spring whose first day is traditionally associated with the folk custom of the jack-in-the-green; or, a name for hawthorn and its blossom (3) |
| RAVENS | Birds traditionally associated with the Tower of London (6) |
| LOMBARD | - Street in the City of London is traditionally associated with banking (7) |
| LOLLIPOP | Lie around with newspaper and popular item of confectionery |
| BRONZE | An alloy of copper and tin, traditionally associated with medals awarded for third prize (6) |
| FULLMOONS | Lunar phases traditionally associated with lack of ability to sleep (4,5) |
| NICHOLAS | Saint traditionally associated with the festival of Christmas (8) |
| STORK | Bird traditionally associated with delivery of babies (5) |
| BEHINDTHETIMES | Bum with newspaper and old hat (6,3,5) |
| RAGED | Was angry with newspaper and its head |
| NUTMEG | Spice obtained from the ground seed of the Indonesian tree Myristica fragrans, traditionally associated with autumn (6) |
