| INDIANHEMP | At home, somehow aid new ambassador and politician to get fibre (6,4) |
| INTRODUCED | At home, somehow courted daughter and proposed (10) |
| THREADS | He darts round to get fibres for the dressmakers (7) |
| LION | National about to hold king and politician to Royal standard (4,7) |
| RAMPANT | National about to hold king and politician to Royal standard (4,7) |
| HEMP | Ambassador and politician showing fibre |
| ISRAEL | Martin Indyk is new ambassador to this nation |
| PLENIPOTENTIARY | Appoint entirely new ambassador (15) |
| DENOTE | Mean to bring home, somehow, to the English (6) |
| INDIAN | Swimming in aid, new and exotic (6) |
| ADIPOSE | Aid new posture for storing fat |
| INAWAY | Home -- and not home, somehow (2,1,3) |
| HESITATION | Indecision disaplyed by ambassador and one in the broadcasting establishment |
| SAVETHEDAY | Ex-serviceman, ambassador and lawyer in state avert disaster |
| OVERTHETOP | Evident ambassador and head may become far too much (4,3,3) |
| DIPLOMATIC | ____ corps, the whole body of foreign ambassadors and their staff resident in a capital (10) |
| AMPLE | Enough beer for a politician to get stuck into? |
| PUMP | Turn up with a politician to get information out of (4) |
| AMPHORA | Dance with a politician to get a trophy vase (7) |
| CHAMP | Taps into a politician to get a title-holder, in short (5) |
