| ROYALMAIL | This company wholly owned by the British government is responsible for the collection and delivery o |
| GUTTERS | Channels for the collection and clearing of rainwater. (7) |
| WELFARESTATE | Flew back to Arkansas property, where government is responsible for social security (7,5) |
| SHARED | Is not wholly owned by her, sad though this may be (6) |
| SIXACTS | Name given to the legislation introduced by the British government following the Peterloo Massacre in 1819 (3,4) |
| RINGL | Which former Ireland rugby international was recently appointed as a special envoy to the US for Northern Ireland by the British government? (8) |
| PHILATELY | The collection and study of postage stamps and other material concerned with postal history (9) |
| PHILEASFOGG | Subject of an 1872 worldwide manhunt by the British government, sort of |
| BLACKANDTANS | A specially recruited armed auxiliary police force sent to Ireland in 1921 by the British Government to combat Sinn Fein |
| PROTRACTOR | Boozy port is never ending and is responsible for the scene in the drawing room (10) |
| ARSON | Is responsible for The Inferno perhaps? Member of the clergy is scratching the head! (5) |
| MAKESWAVES | Rocks the boat and is responsible for the aftereffects of rocking the boat (5,5) |
| GIRO | Unemployment cheque paid out by the British government |
| OOLOGY | Branch of ornithology concerned with the collection and study of bird eggs (6) |
| ANNESEXTON | US winner of the 1967 Pulitzer Prize for Poetry for the collection Live or Die (4,6) |
| HUGHES | Ted -; poet and children's author whose works include The Hawk in the Rain collection and novel The Iron Man (6) |
| GATEKEEPER | Theatre is responsible for The Lion in Winter perhaps and The Guard (10) |
| DELTIOLOGY | The collection and study of postcards |
| AEHOUSMAN | English scholar and poet best known for the collection A Shropshire Lad (1,1,7) |
| ACCESSCODE | Security are aware of this approach and delivery method for drug (6,4) |
