| GUBU | Which acronym is synonymous with Charles Haughey's 1982 government? (4) |
| SSNZ | Which acronym is the name of the association formed by the Southern Hemisphere's four leading rugby nations? (7) |
| HIDEAWAY | Haughey's capital notion leads to route for retreat (8) |
| FEELINGTHEPINCH | What Haughey's sensing when Mara says 'no more nibbling at my leader's bum' - we're going through austerity (7,3,5) |
| ROOT | A plant's subterranean radix that is synonymous with base, foundation, origin and source (4) |
| ASIC | Which acronym designates the Australian Standard Industrial Classification (4) |
| DEER | Animal whose name is synonymous with "peacemaker" to the Tlingit |
| BRIC | Which acronym, using the initials of the countries concerned, groups together four major, rapidly developing economies? (4) |
| URTI | Which acronym describes a cold (4) |
| NATO | Org. whose French acronym is the reverse of the English |
| TATA | Industrialist whose name is synonymous to goodbye |
| NONE | Mini-series with Charles Dance, And Then There Were ---- (4) |
| KING | Family golf get-together with Charles? (4) |
| LAMB | One gambolling with Charles or Mary (4) |
| STASH | Word that is synonymous with, and rhymes with, "cache" |
| BOLERO | Which Ravel composition is synonymous with ice skaters Torvill and Dean? (6) |
| FLEET | Which London street is synonymous with the newspaper industry? (5) |
| PADSTOW | Which Cornwall town is synonymous with celebrity chef Rick Stein? (7) |
| MADISONAVENUE | Which New York thoroughfare is synonymous with the advertising industry? (7,6) |
| GEORGIAN | Dublin's Henrietta Street is synonymous with which style of architecture? (8) |
