| DEREGULATION | The privatisation of the bus industry following the 1985 Transport Act |
| GEORGE | Regnal name of British Monarch on the throne at the time of railway nationalisation following the Transport Act In 1947 (6) |
| PERMANENT | The ... Way, David Hare play about the privatisation of British Railways, first performed in 2003 (9) |
| OFTEL | Telecommunications regulator set up in 1984 after the privatisation of BT (5) |
| TAKETURNS | To transport acts, share the driving, perhaps (4, 5) |
| SID | The person who had to be told about the 1986 privatisation of British Gas |
| GUY | As Felicia, he performed an aria on top of the bus in The Adventures Of Priscilla, Queen Of The Dese |
| SEARCHENGINE | Look in the back of the bus for one of the yahoos (6,6) |
| DRIVER | The boss of the bus who always sits in the front seat |
| DECK | Top of the bus is for the players (4) |
| ROSA | Parks in the front of the bus |
| STUMBLES | Trips and falls under the back of the bus (8) |
| SWAGGER | Schoolboy truant behind the back of the bus gets to show off (7) |
| OTTO | Name of the bus driver in The Simpsons, ---- Mann (4) |
| ONESFILL | Individual at the back of the bus will pack it up - that should be enough |
| RAILHEAD | End of the line abolished at privatisation? (8) |
| ACTS | Such as the Railways ones of 1921 (Grouping) or 1993 (privatisation) (4) |
| THATCHERISM | Policies of monetarism and privatisation in the 1980s |
| EDIEMCCREDIE | Name of the bus driver played by Juliet Cadzow in the TV show 'Balamory' (4,8) |
| OMNIVORE | I'm on an unrestricted diet and rove around on the other part of the bus (8) |
