| PULLOFF | Achieve opening of parliament full of rebels (4,3) |
| BRINGOFF | Successfully achieve opening of business and discontinue call? (5,3) |
| DIETRICH | Actor once in Parliament full of comic potential |
| RESPECT | Have due regard for holding opening of parliament in secret, surprisingly |
| LORISES | Primates look to get the backing of rebels |
| FACTION | Female fighting group of rebels |
| RIPINTO | Attack leader of rebels with one horse (3,4) |
| BROTHER | Monk possibly gets leader of rebels in trouble |
| DISARMS | Leader of rebels implicated in perverted sadism gives up weapons (7) |
| ARBITER | Judge a champ right to corner leader of rebels |
| MILITIA | Tamil, I suspect, keeping current force of rebels? (7) |
| DECIBEL | Noise of rebel about to leave on the first of the month |
| ECHELON | Rank of rebel legion's leader, one manoeuvring around (7) |
| CASCADE | Fall of rebel, after money's short |
| WITHOUT | James Dean was the star of Rebel ... A Cause |
| TRUERIB | Bone found in cage of rebel leader held in Beirut compound (4,3) |
| THEWAKE | Soubriquet included in name on 'Brit' engine 70037 of rebel leader Hereward (3,4) |
| BLACKROD | Truncated title of a senior officer responsible for summoning MPs to listen to the Queen's Speech in the Lords during the state opening of Parliament (5,3) |
| MACE | Ceremonial item carried by the Serjeant at Arms in House of Commons during the opening of Parliament (4) |
| BRAKEPADS | Support foolishly asked about opening of parliament could be source of friction (5,4) |
