| NICHOLSON | Baroness Emma _, life peer appointed in 1997; a former Conservative and Liberal Democrat MP (9) |
| ORCZY | Baroness Emma ___, author of stage play and novel The Scarlet Pimpernel (5) |
| CAMERON | Surname that links a former Conservative Party leader to the director of The Abyss and Avatar (7) |
| ICECOLD | Current Conservative, Green and Liberal Democrat at zero? (3-4) |
| BENJAMIN | Floella _, life peer and former children's TV presenter (8) |
| MONE | Baroness __, life peer at the centre of the PPE Medpro controversy (4) |
| ASHCROFT | Michael ___, life peer and Tory party donor (8) |
| CLAMPDOWN | Conservative and liberal politician in a low state about a restrictive measure (9) |
| COALITION | Conservative and Liberal's identifying title in office, leaders together accepted (9) |
| NICKCLEGG | Liberal Democrat MP for Sheffield Hallam in 2005-17 |
| NIGHTCLUB | Entertainment venue near boat, welcoming Conservative and Liberal (9) |
| EDITORIAL | Adviser about to draw in two-thirds of Conservatives and Liberal leader |
| STORYLINE | Plot by Conservative and Liberal to gatecrash function |
| BAKER | Norman ---, former Liberal Democrat MP; a Minister of State in the coalition government of 2010-15 (5) |
| LAWS | David ---, former Liberal Democrat MP who was Chief Secretary to the Treasury for 17 days in 2010 (4) |
| NORMANBAKER | Former minister who was Liberal Democrat MP for Lewes from 1997 to 2015 (6,5) |
| HUHNE | Chris ?, Liberal Democrat MP; Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change from 2010-12 |
| ALANREID | Scottish Liberal Democrat MP for Argyll and Bute from 2001 to 2015 (4,4) |
| YEOVIL | "Constituency in Somerset for which Paddy Ashdown was Liberal Democrat MP from 1983 until 2001 (6) |
| OATEN | Mark ___, Liberal Democrat MP for Winchester from 1997-2010 (5) |
