| ESTATESOFTHEREALM | In the UK parliament, the Lords Spiritual, the Lords Temporal and the Commons |
| ESTATE | Order or class comprising part of the body politic, i.e the Lords Spiritual, Lords Temporal or Commons (6) |
| COMMONS | Lower house of UK parliament, the House of ... |
| MATERIAL | A word meaning worldly, as opposed to spiritual; the tangible substance constituting an object; cloth or fabric; or, facts, figures, ideas etc, for use in creating a book (8) |
| ESTATES | Lords Spiritual and Temporal |
| ICEPLANT | ... and the common name of the maximum species (3,5) |
| LEAVIS | F R ___, English literary critic whose books include The Great Tradition and The Common Pursuit |
| BEEFSTEAK | A type of large tomato, and the common plant name for Begonia grandis subsp. evansiana (9) |
| PLATONIC | Caption rewritten to protect leader of Lords Spiritual |
| BLACKROD | Usher who summons the Commons at the opening of the UK Parliament (5,3) |
| HANSARD | The official record of debates in the UK Parliament (7) |
| CROSSTHEFLOOR | To leave a political party and join another in the UK parliament (5,3,5) |
| HEARHEAR | Expression used to support a point made in the UK Parliament (4,4) |
| ORDER | Shout frequently heard in the UK parliament |
| TEMPLE | Region on the side of the head at the junction of the frontal, parietal, temporal and sphenoid bones of the skull (6) |
| UPPER | - House; a name for the House of Lords illustrating that it is one of two parts of the UK Parliament (5) |
| PORTCULLIS | A crowned one is the official emblem of the UK parliament (10) |
| HOUSEOFLORDS | The upper chamber of the UK Parliament (5,2,5) |
| DAIL | The ___ Eireann is the principal chamber of the Irish parliament, the Oireachtas |
| THEHOUSEOFLORDS | The UK parliament's upper chamber whose benches are coloured red (3,5,2,5) |
