| CITYHALL | When it seems impossible to challenge the power of the establishment it's said, 'You can't fight ... |
| UNTRUE | You turn at the point when it seems to be false (6) |
| BROWNASABERRY | Describes person in The Sun offering toast to society in dry establishment - it's one of those seedy |
| MIRACLE | Auto reversing through 1,760 yards - it seems impossible (7) |
| NEMESES | Foes that seem impossible to beat |
| DEFY | Challenge the power of (4) |
| CARTA | Sir Edward Coke of Holkham Hall interpreted the famous Magna ... to challenge the royal power of James 1, then Charles 1 (5) |
| URGENTLY | As a matter of priority it's said, you are going to Ghent abandoning hotel on the banks of Lesse valley (8) |
| OBEDIENCE | "I know the power _ has of making things easy which seem impossible": Saint Teresa of Avila (9) |
| WEIMAR | German town on the River Ilm; scene of the establishment of the German republic in 1919 (6) |
| CONTENDER | How decent of Ron to challenge the title-holder! (9) |
| UNDER | In London it's said you go down it to find Kiwis and Kangaroos (5) |
| CONISTONWATER | Lake in Cumbria; scene of the establishment of world water-speed records in the 20th Century (8,5) |
| DOUBLECROSSING | Cheating to challenge the bid for bridge (6-8) |
| WARROOM | Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb: "Gentlemen, you can't fight in here! This is the..." (3,4) |
| SELLERS | Actor with the line "Gentlemen, you can't fight in here! This is the War Room!" |
| TABULATE | Set out. It's said you left at early start after the first sailor (8) |
| OXBRIDGE | Part of the Establishment that gives you the blues (8) |
| FOREST | Is in favour of the Establishment to get to woodland (6) |
| MEN | Much of the population is part of the establishment (3) |
