| HONED | Refined individual in Holland cleared out (5) |
| STRUTONESSTUFF | Behave confidently and trust refined individual, source of secret material (5,4,5) |
| TULIP | From the Persian meaning "turban", a spring-blooming liliaceous plant whose bulbs cost more than houses in a craze or market bubble in Holland in the 17th century (5) |
| DUTCH | The sort of courage that's found in a bar in Holland (5) |
| DELFT | Town in Holland associated with tinglazed earthenware (5) |
| HAGUE | Malarial fever after hours in Holland (5) |
| CLOGS | Wooden shoes often tried by tourists in Holland (5) |
| GOUDA | Type of cheese made in Holland (5) |
| NATAL | Colony once providing a group of volunteers in Holland |
| DIKES | They play an important part in Holland's defence |
| THEBLACK | Historical romance by Alexander Dumas, set in Holland (3,5,5) |
| TOUCHDOWN | Land in Spooner's municipality in Holland? (5,4) |
| TULIPS | Spring flowers in the lily family grown in vast numbers at Keukenhof in Holland (6) |
| DUTCHUNCLE | Breda's relative in Holland perhaps offers critical advice to the US House (5,5) |
| THEVOICE | International reality TV singing competition franchise created in Holland in 2010 (3,5) |
| THEHAGUE | Article on a huge development in Holland (3,5) |
| OPUS | Something Key engineering useful work (5) in Holland (4) |
| MAELSTROM | Rommel sat out this turbulence in Holland (9) |
| DORDRECHT | Oldest city in Holland, in the Western Netherlands (9) |
| NATIONAL | Citizen's engaged in island in Holland (8) |
