| DUNSTAN | Archbishop of Canterbury 960-988; served as a minister of state to several English kings (7) |
| BAKER | Norman ---, former Liberal Democrat MP; a Minister of State in the coalition government of 2010-15 (5) |
| DANVE | Raosaheb ___, Indian politician and a Minister of State in the current Central Government |
| UAE | Count. with a Minister of State for Happiness and Wellbeing |
| DERWENT | Name of several English rivers, one in the Peak District, another in Cumbria (7) |
| GABRIEL | Fresh garb that is left for a minister of God (7) |
| MCENTEE | Who is the Minister of State for Mental Health and Older People? (7) |
| RICHARD | Name of three English kings including the last English monarch to die in battle, in 1485 (7) |
| DESSERT | Head of state to be seen in due course (7) |
| BOOTLEG | No head of state to boost support for illicit alcohol (7) |
| DIVERSE | Several English, assorted (7) |
| APPOINT | Name as a minister, say (7) |
| HOWELLS | Kim ?, Labour MP for Pontypridd from 1989-2010; Minister of State at the Foreign and Commonwealth Office from 2005-08 (7) |
| JOSEPHA | _______ Madigan is Minister of State for Special Education and Inclusion. (7) |
| MAZARIN | Italian-born cardinal Jules ____ was France's first minister of state, 1642-61 |
| ELEANOR | ____ of Aquitaine, mother of two English kings, Richard I and John (7) |
| ORDAINS | Installs, as a minister |
| DYNASTY | In Chinese history, the Sung (960-1279), Ming (1368-1644) or Manchu (1644-1912) |
| BREKKIE | English kings partial to French food as informal meal (7) |
| MEERKAT | Turkey, say, visited by English kings or colony dweller (7) |
