| WHIG | 19th-century British Liberal |
| GLADSTONE | William Ewart - - -, British Liberal statesman who served as Prime Minister four times in the 19th Century (9) |
| HOOD | Thomas ___, 19th-century British poet/humourist; or Samuel ___, 18th/19th-century British admiral (4) |
| BYLAW | British Liberal blocks deviating regulation (5) |
| EWART | William -- Gladstone, British liberal statesman (5) |
| BLUE | Miserable British liberal backed international grouping (4) |
| BLIMP | British Liberal politician embracing international reactionary sort |
| BRIGHTON | British liberal city... |
| WHIGS | The ___ were the forerunners of the British Liberal Party. (5) |
| ASQUITH | Herbert Henry ___, British Liberal statesman; prime minister 1908-16 (7) |
| TUMBLE | Corporation leads to British liberal establishment's fall (6) |
| LAWS | David --- , former British Liberal Democrat MP who was chief secretary to the Treasury for 17 days in 2010 (4) |
| THORPE | Jeremy, leader of the British Liberal Party 1967-76 (6) |
| LLOYDGEORGE | David --- ---, British Liberal Prime Minister 1916-22 (5,6) |
| GRIMOND | Jo, leader of the British Liberal party from 1956-67 (7) |
| SAMUEL | Herbert ****** , leader of the British Liberal Party who succeeded David Lloyd George (6) |
| WILLIAM | British Liberal statesman who served as prime minister 1868-74, 1880-85, 1886 and 1892-94 (7) |
| EMBLEM | British liberal hosted by two writers in turn has distinctive badge (6) |
| RHODES | 19th-century British diamond king |
| READE | Aptly named 19th-century British novelist |
