| FIRTH | Water between England/Scotland (*try who fails) (6,5) |
| SOLWAY | Water between England/Scotland (*try who fails) (6,5) |
| ROUSCUP | Football tournament in the 1980s contested between England, Scotland and a team from South America (4,3) |
| ENGLISH | Body of water between England and France, the ... Channel |
| CHANNEL | Body of water between England and France (7) |
| NORTHSEA | Body of water between England and Norway |
| APPOINTMENT | A candidate who fails to keep it is unlikely to get it |
| DRINKDRIVER | Person who fails a breathalyser test |
| PENETRATION | Lacked by those who fail to get through (11) |
| HOLINSHED | Raphael, historian who wrote The Chronicles of England, Scotland, and Ireland (1577) |
| NOSHOW | Person who fails to cancel - who's on (anag) (2-4) |
| ANNE | Queen of England, Scotland and Ireland who ascended the throne In 1702 (4) |
| MARY | ___ II, Queen of England, Scotland and Ireland who reigned alongside her husband, William of Orange (4) |
| WILLIAMOFORANGE | King of England, Scotland and Ireland who was Dutch by birth (7,2,6) |
| UNITEDKINGDOM | England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland (6,7) |
| GREAT | Collective term for England, Scotland and Wales (5,7) |
| BRITAIN | Collective term for England, Scotland and Wales (5,7) |
| GREATBRITAIN | England, Scotland and Wales |
| GB | England. Scotland and Wales (abbr) (2) |
| UK | England, Scotland, N. Ireland, and Wales (abbr.) |
