| BODLEIAN | ___ Library, second largest in the UK after the British Library (8) |
| SEVENTY | The expiry in years of copyright protection for an author's works in the UK after their death (7) |
| TRUSS | Liz who resigned as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom after less than two months (October, 2022) |
| LISTERIA | Genus of bacteria named after the British surgeon who introduced the use of antiseptics (8) |
| DIRACSEA | Theoretical model of a vacuum named after the British physicist who first postulated it in 1930 |
| AMARILLO | An industrial city in North West Texas, the largest in the Texas Panhandle (8) |
| ANGLICAN | --------Communion, third largest in the Christian church founded in London in 1867 (8) |
| MURMANSK | Russian city that is the largest in the world north of the Arctic Circle (8) |
| HINDUISM | Indian religion - it's the third largest in the world after Christianity and Islam |
| GANYMEDE | Which satellite of Jupiter is the largest in the solar system (8) |
| BERGEN | City in Hordaland, Norway; second largest in the country (6) |
| SATURN | Sixth planet from the sun, and second largest in the solar system (6) |
| LANDAREA | *Russia's is the largest in the world |
| BROWNOWL | Argument currently held in British Library ___ which bird? (5,3) |
| SHAMBLES | Chaotic state results in humiliation for heads of British Library internally |
| BERGMEHL | Powdery deposit from work unit, unexceptional in British Library |
| TERRIBLE | Bad to retire, having worked round British Library (8) |
| SENSIBLE | Drunk is seen outside British Library, initially sober (8) |
| PALPABLE | It's obvious broadcast appeal saved British Library (8) |
| MILAN | Italian city, second largest in the republic (5) |
