| SELFRULE | The government of a country, nation, etc by its own people (4-4) |
| CIVILSERVICE | Organisation responsible for the public administration of the government of a country (5,7) |
| COUPDETAT | Violent change in the government of a state (4,5) |
| AUSTRALIA | Country -- nation imbued with Aboriginal light originally (9) |
| STATE | Country, nation (5) |
| BRAD | "Country Nation" singer Paisley |
| UNCLESAM | The personification of the government of the United States (5,3) |
| NEWDELHI | The capital-and seat of all three branches of the government - of India (3,5) |
| SELFGOVERNED | (Of a country) ruled by its own people (4-8) |
| TONYBENN | Labour minister in the government of Harold Wilson who disclaimed the title Viscount Stansgate in 1963 (4,4) |
| GLASNOST | Soviet policy of openness and accountability enacted under the government of Mikhail Gorbachev (8) |
| ETCHINGS | Designs or pictures made on metal plate, glass etc. by the corrosive action of acid (8) |
| GOVERNMENT | Self-___ (country's rule by its own people) |
| MOORINGS | Ropes, chains, cables etc. by which a boat or other vessel is secured in a particular place (8) |
| CHEATERS | Cozeners who gain advantages in exams, games, sports etc by means of deception or trickery (8) |
| ANCHORED | As bait is held on river bed, etc. by weighted line (8) |
| HATTRICK | Three consecutive scores, wickets, etc, by one player (3-5) |
| FEDERAL | Relating to the central government of a country such as the US or Germany. |
| TRACING | An act of copying a design, map, pattern etc by drawing over its lines through translucent paper; the sketch made; the marking out of a figure on ice when skating; or, a faint mark (7) |
| CAPITAL | Seat of government of a country (7) |
