| BALLARAT | Town in Victoria, Australia which was the scene of the Eureka Stockade incident of 1854 (8) |
| LACHLAN | River rising in central N.S.W., Australia, which was named after a former governor of the state (7) |
| YARRA | River in Victoria, Australia, which flows westward to Melbourne (5) |
| BENDIGO | Former gold-mining town in Victoria, Australia (7) |
| ARDENNES | Forested area which was the scene of intense fighting during the last major German attack of World War II (8) |
| INKERMAN | Scene of 1854 battle in the Crimean War (8) |
| BESTPLAY | Award won by "The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time" |
| TENNYSON | Poet Laureate perhaps best known for his commemoration of a tragic battle of 1854 (8) |
| ANECDOTE | From the Greek meaning "things unpublished", a short often amusing story of an incident of private life (8) |
| HARCOURT | Sharp ice now hurts unfenced apple town in Victoria (8) |
| STOCKADE | Eureka -, site of 1854 miners' uprising (8) |
| SIDESHOW | A subordinate incident of little importance relative to the main event (8) |
| HUONPINE | Tree from Tasmania in Australia which produces blonde wood with great resistance to rotting (4,4) |
| MAYAGUEZ | Amaze guy about last incident of the Vietnam war (8) |
| EPISODES | Incidents of crazy spies hiding most of the code (8) |
| LORIKEET | Small parrot of Australia which feeds on nectar and pollen |
| SEDAN | Town on the River Meuse which was the scene of a 1940 Second World War battle which began the German invasion of France (5) |
| REIMS | City in north east France which was the scene of the coronation of most French monarchs (5) |
| COMPOUND | Company hit outside medium-sized stockade (8) |
| SWINDON | Town in which Mark Haddon's novel The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time is set (7) |
