| ROSEBANK | Wine embargo by King is a controversial field (8) |
| GONER | A person protected by king is a person who's doomed (5) |
| BRISBANE | Cooked ribs embargo by English city (8) |
| FOOTBALL | Measure Liberal and Labour backed is a controversial issue |
| ALLCLEAR | Everything about weak king is a cue for renewed action |
| KIKUYU | The final effluent, hopefully aerated and worked by the sun, is now being piped to a special kind of East African grass field. It is a controversial grass and can invade. (6) |
| ENFANTTERRIBLE | French brat is a controversial figure (6,8) |
| CAUSECELEBRE | Sacre bleu! EEC's new constitution is a controversial issue |
| HOTPOTATO | Murphy, straight out of the oven, is a controversial issue! (3,6) |
| THESAURI | Articles on a controversial illusionist that are used by setters (8) |
| SCENARIO | I censor a controversial outline of film (8) |
| SOCRATES | Escorts a controversial thinker (8) |
| ROULETTE | The Deer Hunter included a controversial Russian ____ scene (8) |
| DROSS | Sleep interrupted by king is rubbish |
| CANNIER | Orphan girl in musical, dressed by king, is smarter (7) |
| DISCREDITED | Revised text after record by king is rejected as untrue (11) |
| EUGENICS | Sounds like it's to control breathing and to hone certain characteristics in a controversial way (8) |
| FERGUSON | Which Louisiana city was the scene of protests after a controversial police shooting in August? (8) |
| CHOCOLAT | Johnny Depp and Juliette Binoche romantic drama about a woman who opens a controversial shop |
| FRANKLIN | Over which river did the High Court in 1983 determine the Australian Government had the constitutional power to stop construction of a controversial dam due to its UNESCO World Heritage status? (8) |
