| LEONBRITTAN | MP who served as Home Secretary, 1983-1985 |
| HURD | Douglas ---, Conservative politician who served as Home Secretary and Foreign Secretary (4) |
| YVETTE | British politician who has served as Home Secretary since July 2024, _ Cooper (6) |
| TUCKERJENKINS | Grange Hill character given a spin-off series, 1983-1985 |
| ABBOTT | Diane, Labour MP who served as Shadow Home Secretary under Jeremy Corbyn (6) |
| SANDYS | Duncan ___, Conservative MP who served as Defence Secretary in Harold Macmillan's government and whose first wife was Diana Churchill |
| NICKCLEGG | MP who served as deputy prime minister under David Cameron |
| ROBERTPEEL | Conservative prime minister who founded the Metropolitan Police as Home Secretary in 1829 (6,4) |
| RUDD | Amber, Theresa May's successor as Home Secretary (4) |
| PRITIPATEL | Suella Braverman's predecessor as home secretary (5,5) |
| BETTYBOOTHROYD | Former Labour MP who served as the first female Speaker in the House of Commons (5,9) |
| ROBIN | Labour MP who served as Leader of the House of Commons from 2001-03 (5,4) |
| COOK | Labour MP who served as Leader of the House of Commons from 2001-03 (5,4) |
| FRAZER | Lucy _ _ _ _ _ _ - MP who served as Transport Minister for just seven weeks under the ill-fated Truss administration in autumn 2022 (6) |
| TOMTUGENDHAT | Conservative MP who served as Minister of State for Security 2022-24 (3,9) |
| DAVIDMELLOR | Former British Conservative MP who served in John Major's Cabinet before resigning in 1992 (5,6) |
| STANDIN | He replaces someone in street as well as home (5-2) |
| HOMEFROMHOME | Place as comfy as home (3 wds) |
| ISLA | Actress who started her career as Home and Away's Shannon Reed, _ Fisher (4) |
| WAHOO | Nebraska town made famous as home office of Letterman's Top Ten |
