| GLENDAJACKSON | Actress and MP who was a Transport Minister from 1997-99, and who died in June (6, 7) |
| FALLON | Kieren ...... , 1997-99 and 2001-03 flat race champion jockey (6) |
| NADINE | ___ Dorries, Conservative MP who was a contestant on I'm A Celebrity in 2012 (6) |
| JENNY | And 5d Scottish Transport Minister from January 2022 to March 2023 (5,7) |
| GILRUTH | Scottish Transport Minister from January 2022 to March 2023 (5,7) |
| RORY | Former minister and MP who stood as a candidate in the 2019 Conservative Party leadership contest (4,7) |
| STEWART | Former minister and MP who stood as a candidate in the 2019 Conservative Party leadership contest (4,7) |
| SHERIDAN | Richard Brinsley ---, Irish playwright and MP who wrote The Rivals (8) |
| HOMESECRETARY | In private a line used by transport minister |
| BARBARACASTLE | Transport minister who oversaw the introduction of breathalysers and compulsory seat belts |
| RAJESHCHAUHAN | Ex-lndia and MP. off spinner (6,7) |
| CORMAC | Author of No Country for Old Men and The Road, who died in June (6,8) |
| MCCARTHY | Author of No Country for Old Men and The Road, who died in June (6,8) |
| TONYBANKS | Labour MP for West Ham from 1997-2005; Minister for Sport from 1997-99 |
| TONY | Labour MP for West Ham from 1997-2005; Minister for Sport from 1997-99 |
| BANKS | Labour MP for West Ham from 1997-2005; Minister for Sport from 1997-99 |
| ANTHONYCHARLESLYNTONBLAIR | Full name of the British prime minister from 1997 to 2007 (7,7,6,5) |
| DOBSON | Frank-, former Labour MP for Holborn and St Pancras; Secretary of State for Health from 1997-99 (6) |
| FRAZER | Lucy _ _ _ _ _ _ - MP who served as Transport Minister for just seven weeks under the ill-fated Truss administration in autumn 2022 (6) |
| LAST | James ___, prolific Bremen-born composer and bandleader who died in June 2015 (4) |
