| COMMONWEALTH | Association of former British empire states |
| ALBANY | The Empire State's capital |
| AMAH | In the former British Empire, what was a nanny employed to look after children? (4) |
| ADEN | Big Ben ____ is a replica clocktower in a former British Empire territory |
| ROBERTS | Maiden name of former British prime minister Margaret Thatcher (7) |
| BLAIR | Cherie _, wife of former British Prime Minister Tony (5) |
| CHERIE | Wife of former British PM Tony Blair (6) |
| BOJO | A nickname of former British Prime Minister Boris Johnson |
| SWEET | Nickname of former British welterweight boxing champion Bradley Pryce (5,5) |
| SUGAR | Nickname of former British welterweight boxing champion Bradley Pryce (5,5) |
| HEATHROBINSON | Ludicrously complex alliance of former British and Irish premiers (5,8) |
| BLAIRITE | Champ punched by show-off, a supporter of former British PM (8) |
| MBE | Abbreviation of one of five classes of appointment to the Order of the British Empire awarded at a New Year Honours ceremony, for example (1,1,1) |
| INDIA | Former part of the British Empire |
| GREY | Whig politician whose term as prime minister saw the passage of the Reform Act and the abolition of slavery throughout the British Empire (4) |
| MURDOCH | Iris ___, novelist made a Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire in 1987 |
| OFFICER | In the Order of the British Empire, a member of the grade next below commander (7) |
| FREYASTARK | Celebrated 20th-century travel writer, made a dame commander of the order of the British empire in 1972 (5,5) |
| TWIGGY | British fashion model and 1960s icon who was made a Dame of the British Empire in 2019 (6) |
| ELBE | Royal treatment: Mr. Elba, dashing actor who in 2016 chose his mum to escort him to Buckingham Palace to receive the honor of membership in the Order of the British Empire |
