| LOGROLL | Act of political backscratching |
| PURGE | Desire to go after power in act of political expulsion |
| MARTINEAU | Generally acknowledged as the first woman sociologist, author of Illustrations of Political Economy, a distant relation of the Duchess of Cambridge (9) |
| LEFT | Name given to a broad range of activist movements of the 1950s and 1960s, rejecting traditional forms of political organisation (3,4) |
| NEW | Name given to a broad range of activist movements of the 1950s and 1960s, rejecting traditional forms of political organisation (3,4) |
| LILLIBULLERO | Refrain of a piece of political doggerel influenced by popular sentiment at the time of the Glorious Revolution in 1688 (12) |
| ADAMSMITH | Scottish pioneer of political economy, author of The Wealth of Nations (4,5) |
| PLACEMENT | Installation of political appointees at top of Treasury |
| TENDENCY | General direction of movement of political faction (8) |
| CURRENTAFFAIRS | The stuff of this week's gossip mags, or of political weeklies? |
| SMOKEFILLEDROOM | Scene of political decision, or of skilled memo, doctored |
| GEORGE | Director and star of political thriller The Ides of March, ___ Clooney |
| PESTO | Sauce of political journalist to ignore leader of Nationalists (5) |
| DUPE | Puppet of political party on right of course (4) |
| RIDES | William Cobbett's "Rural -" was the outcome of a series of political tours, which he accomplished on horseback in various constituencies (5) |
| FORSYTH | Frederick ___, English novelist of political thrillers including The Day of the Jackal (1971) |
| FOOTBALL | Sort of ballot that could be cause of political controversy (8) |
| PLACID | Peaceful return of political party to men of Scotland Yard (6) |
| UTURNS | Changes of plan, especially reversals of political policy (1-5) |
| LOGROLLED | Work towards a passage of political legislation like transportation of wood? (3-6) |
