| AGRICOLA | Roman governor of Britain from AD78 to 84 |
| TACITUS | This historian's first work was about his father-in-law Agricola, a Roman governor of Britain |
| LNER | Railway company which operated from London to the north east of Britain from 1923 to 1948 (abbr) (4) |
| TETRARCH | Roman governor of one of four divisions of a province (8) |
| MIDDLEENGLISH | The language of parts of Britain from about 1100 AD to about 1450 AD (6,7) |
| PONTIUS | Roman governor of Iudaea at the time of Jesus' crucifixion, ... Pilate |
| HANOVER | Royal house of Britain from 1714 to 1901 (7) |
| PILATUS | First century Roman governor of Judaea, qui "quid est veritas?" inquit |
| PILATE | Roman governor of Judaea, Pontius ... |
| ZEPHYR | Car manufactured by Ford of Britain from 1952-1972 (6) |
| BLAIR | Tony, prime minister of Britain from 1997-2007 (5) |
| PERFIDEALBION | A fellow setter had a point: 25 must be upset about about current view of Britain from Barnier's people (7,6) |
| ONEDAYATATIME | TV sitcom from '75 to '84 |
| THREESCOMPANY | TV sitcom from '77 to '84 |
| TRIUMPH | Historic UK automobile marque, with convoluted ownership history, first building bikes, then motorbikes, and finally cars from 1921 to '84 (7) |
| LIFEEXPECTANCY | Per 2006 estimates, it ranges from 33 in Swaziland to 84 in Andorra |
| ROCKNROLL | Music heard on '74 to '84 sitcom "Happy Days": 3 wds. |
| BREXIT | Withdrawal of UK from EU (6) |
| TETRARCHY | Cath and Terry redirected to Roman governor's office (9) |
| HADRIANSWALL | Name given to the fortification built by the Roman Empire in Britain from Wallsend to Bowness-on-Sol |