| UNCLEARED | Relation, a member of the Communist Party, not given official approval? |
| PHILIPPS | Wogan ___, the only member of the Communist Party to have sat in the House of Lords (8) |
| LICENSED | Given official approval to act (8) |
| UNACCREDITED | Not given official recognition |
| CARBUNCLE | Diamond perhaps not being worn by relation - a cheaper jewel? |
| BLACKSHEEP | Disreputable relation, a purveyor of wool |
| AUNTIE | Relation: a funny tune inspiring one |
| STALIN | Joseph ---, nom de guerre of the dictator who was the first General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union (6) |
| LEONID | General Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union from 1964 to 1982 (6,8) |
| BREZHNEV | General Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union from 1964 to 1982 (6,8) |
| CHERNENKO | Konstantin ___, Soviet statesman; General Secretary of the Communist Party and Chairman of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet 1984-5 (9) |
| LEONIDBREZHNEV | General Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union from 1964 to 1982 |
| PRAVDA | Official newspaper of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union (6) |
| KIROV | Sergei ___, Soviet politician whose 1934 assassination was the start of the purge of the Communist Party by Stalin (5) |
| JOSEPHSTALIN | Dictator who was the first General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union (6,6) |
| KHRUSHCHEV | Nikita ---, first secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union 1953-64 (10) |
| AUTHORISED | The US radio broadcast given official sanction (10) |
| CASTRO | Fidel ___, First Secretary of the Communist Party of Cuba from 1965-2011 (6) |
| MAO | Chairman of the Communist Party of China |
| DUBCEK | Alexander --, First Secretary of the Communist Party of Czechoslovakia (6) |
