| OLEVEL | The former basic stage of the General Certificate of Education, replaced by GCSE (1,5) |
| DECAEN | Name of popular anemone cultivar group - Ed replaced with cane (2,4) |
| GCSE | Acronym for the General Certificate of Secondary Education (4) |
| DEUTSCHEMARK | The former basic monetary unit of Germany, superseded in 2002 by the euro (8,4) |
| SYAL | Meera _. British actress whose 1996 debut novel Anita and Me is studied by GCSE students (4) |
| ELABORATED | Explained at length about electronic laboratory after Ed replaced mad Roy (10) |
| COPTIC | Final stage of the hieroglyphic language of ancient Egypt, written in the Greek alphabet (6) |
| ADVANCEDLEVEL | Examination of the English and Welsh General Certificate of Education (8,5) |
| OLEVELS | General Certificate of Education exams replaced in 1988 by GCSEs |
| ESCUDO | Former basic currency of Portugal (6) |
| ITALIA | Giro d'-; bicycle race where the leader of the general classification is identified by a pink jersey, or maglia rosa (6) |
| KEYNES | English economist, author of 'The General Theory of Employment, Interest and Money' (6) |
| LEEWAY | It's the way of the general - get my drift? (6) |
| KEATON | Buster of "The General" |
| GCE | General Certificate of Education (abbr) (1,1,1) |
| DECADENCE | Ten years on, national certificate of education leads to the primrose path (9) |
| PARIS | Known as La Ville Lumiere (City of Light), one of the world's big four fashion capitals, where the final stage of the annual Tour de France takes place (5) |
| MODERATOR | Head of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland (9) |
| OPERATIONDESERTSHIELD | Codename for operations by the US and allies before the combat stage of the Gulf War |
| MOO | Most of the general feeling coming out of Jersey, in a manner of speaking (3) |
