| POUNDCOIN | Unit of metal money in the UK, with a 12-sided design and worth 100 pence (5,4) |
| POUND | Coin worth 100 pence |
| COIN | Unit of metal currency (4) |
| ADMIRABLE | Back in the hotel bar, I'm dapper and worth the high opinion of others (9) |
| SHETLANDPONY | Sturdy breed of small horse originating in the UK with a long shaggy mane and tail (8,4) |
| UNICORNS | Mythological horse-like beasts, one of which is used as a supporter on the royal coat of arms of the UK with a lion (8) |
| MOORHEN | Freshwater bird common in the UK, with a yellow-and-red bill (7) |
| SELFAWARE | Set of ideas one has about one's own qualities, abilities and worth (4-5) |
| WAXWING | Winter bird visitor to the UK with a yellow-tipped tail and a crested head (7) |
| DODECAGON | 12-sided shape (9) |
| TURKISHVAN | Breed of cat developed in the UK, with white body and coloured head and tail |
| SYLVIA | Swedish singer who had a 1974 top five hit in the UK with Y Viva Espana (6) |
| UNISON | The largest trade union in the UK, with 1.4 million members (6) |
| COINAGE | The act of striking metal money; the bits, pieces or specie made; or, the invention of a neologism (7) |
| WOODPIGEON | Common bird of the UK with mainly grey plumage and a white neck patch (4,6) |
| ASH | Tree, common in the UK, with distinctive black leaf-buds (3) |
| MARSH | Habitat forming three per cent of the UK with other wetlands including bogs, reedbeds and fens, but home to around 10 per cent of all its species (5) |
| SANDIE | ___ Shaw, pop star who won Eurovision for the UK with Puppet On A String (6) |
| LULU | Shout singer who won Eurovision for the UK with Boom Bang-a-bang (4) |
| SAMRYDER | Singer/songwriter who came second in 2022 Eurovision for the UK with his song Space Man (3,5) |
