| SNP | Acronym, Scottish political party (1,1,1) |
| ALBA | Pro-independence Scottish political party founded in March (4) |
| ALMOND | Scottish political figure topped tree (6) |
| KIRSTY | Scottish political TV journalist, _ Wark (6) |
| SAMUEL | Scottish political reformer born in 1812 whose works include Thrift, Duty and Self-Help (6,6) |
| SHAMELESSPLUG | Homeless snail takes in homeless Scottish political leader, throwing in a bit of self-promotion (9,4) |
| SMILES | Samuel ?, Scottish political reformer whose works include 1859's Self-Help |
| ADAMSMITH | 18th-century Scottish political economist, author of The Wealth of Nations (4,5) |
| LPC | Canadian political party (Acronym) |
| PRI | Mexican political party |
| ANC | Mandela's political party, for short |
| DEM | Liberal political party: Abbr. |
| GOP | Younger US political party |
| IRA | Northern Ireland political party (1,1,1) |
| IFP | South African political party (abbr) (3) |
| LDP | UK political party |
| NDP | Left-leaning political party |
| NPD | Canadian political party in French, for short |
| BJP | Indian political party (1,1,1) |
| DNC | Group that runs Nancy Pelosi's political party: Abbr. |
