| COLONIES | Sole coin used for settlements (8) |
| NAPOLEON | French gold coin used for gambling game (8) |
| LAARI | Large area, mostly dry, that's used for settlement in Maldives |
| SILICON | £1 among loose coins used for chips? (7) |
| DOUBLOON | Old Spanish gold coin, used in American colonies (8) |
| WILDWEST | Dramatist defending women's case for settlement in lawless US |
| ASUNCION | Local star cut into a forged coin used as capital (8) |
| MOIDORES | Portuguese gold coin used from the 17th to 20th Century, minted in several colonies (8) |
| SCENARIO | Are coins used to get the outline of a play, say (8) |
| STERLINGAREA | Countries using the pound for settlements and reserves (8,4) |
| SATISFACTIONS | I faint as costs build up for settlements |
| OWNS | Has no time for settlements (4) |
| FLORIN | Coin used once for nil results (6) |
| ORBIT | Gold coin used in hollow for the eyeball (5) |
| HIREPURCHASE | Employ tea in a bag; it gives time for settlement (4-8) |
| SEEYOU | No final farewell? Aye, resolute for settlement (3,3,5) |
| AWARD | A lot of cash about right for settlement |
| DUKE | Peer across desk, finally up for settlement |
| TEDDYBEAR | Debt ready for settlement by Rupert, perhaps |
| ARBITRATION | Excerpt in story, heading off for settlement (11) |
