| CAPITALLETTER | Piece of a major headline |
| DHONI | Former Indian captain whose participation in the upcoming IPL season remains a major headline. (Last name) (5) |
| FRONTPAGENEWS | Major headline material (...letters 3-10) |
| FRONTPAGE | Place for major headlines |
| AVALANCHE | Is a large snowdrop a symbol of a major collapse? (9) |
| YPRES | Belgian (Flanders) municipality, the site of a major WWI battle - and a variety of Primula auricula (5) |
| TAROT | Pack of cards formed of a major arcana and a minor arcana set (5) |
| ASTRO | Member of a major-league team with a name thats out of this world? |
| ABERFAN | Welsh mining village, scene of a major disaster in 1966 caused by the collapse of a slag heap (7) |
| PARISHILTON | American media personality who is a great-granddaughter of the founder of a major hotel group (5,6) |
| SHIAISLAM | Branch of a major faith formed by inserting an anagram of "sashimi" into _ _ _ _ _ _ L A _: 2 wds. |
| HINDUS | Followers of a major religion of South Asia (6) |
| REDSEA | Site of a major part of the Bible? |
| TRASHCANON | Give a scathing review of a major camera brand? |
| KEMALATATURK | Subject of a major push to be Time's Person of the Century |
| ARABIANSEA | Northern region of the Indian Ocean that is part of a major trade route between India and the West ( |
| DIENBIENPHU | Village in Vietnam that was scene of a major defeat of French forces by the Vietminh in 1954 (4,4,3) |
| ANTAKYA | Turkish city about 60 miles west of Aleppo, near ruins of a major Greco-Roman city |
| PAYATTENTION | Be really careful, as a week's wages attracts the notice of a major employer (3,9) |
| JUTLAND | Danish peninsula, scene of a major naval battle of WWI (7) |
