| WORDOFMOUTH | The bush telegraph (4,2,5) |
| GRAPEVINE | Plant bearing bunches of the green or purple berries used to make an oenophile's drink of choice; or, pertaining to its far-stretching branches, the "bush telegraph" (9) |
| ONTHE | Eager to join TV phone-in broadcast via the bush telegraph (2,3,9) |
| RUMPUS | Word, from "clamour, din, outcry, roar", for the report broadcast or circulated via bush telegraph, busybody, flibbertigibbet, gossiper, quidnunc, scandalmonger or tattler (6) |
| GOSSIP | Rumours, bush telegraph (6) |
| ANTECLINTON | Like the Bush 41 presidency? |
| PREVARICATE | Tell fibs and beat around the bush |
| BUSHMANSHIP | Countryman's joint showing knowledge of the bush |
| TEXASACCENT | Feature of the Bush and Johnson White Houses |
| MARKHAMMOND | Sonny's brother in Skippy the Bush Kangaroo (4,7) |
| KERNAGHAN | Who in 2022 celebrated the 30th anniversary of his The Outback Club album and the iconic smash hit single Boys from the Bush? (9) |
| OUTBACK | The bush is to the rear of the building (7) |
| IMPALA | Animal sometimes called the "McDonalds of the bush" due to the "M" on its rear (6) |
| AIRSTRIP | Landing area in the middle of the bush |
| HEDGED | Beat about the bush, ... the question |
| HIP | From the bush I picked the fruit (3) |
| LES | Starred in the series The Bush Tucker Man. Last name is Hiddins. |
| TWO | "A bird in the hand is worth ___ in the bush" |
| IVRY | Where Henri IV succeeded the king in the bush? (4) |
| ACROSSCOUNTRY | Possible result of The Donald getting in via The Bush? |
