| WARSI | Baroness ___, Conservative politician who said her party was known as racist (5) |
| NIXON | Politician who said "Reagan, on a personal basis, is terrible" |
| ABIGAIL | Her party was the setting for a Mike Leigh play which was shown as a BBC Play for Today in 1977, in which Alison Steadman played Beverley (7) |
| GARBO | About whom Bette Davis said "Her instinct, her mastery over the machine, was pure witchcraft" |
| FIRST | In Emmerdale, baby Frankie said her ___ word, "Dada" (5) |
| SARCASTIC | As racist gets replaced, leader of cops is derisive (9) |
| MAUDE | Francis ___, Conservative politician who was paymaster general from 2010 to 2015 (5) |
| DOBBS | Michael ___, Conservative politician; author of the House of Cards novel trilogy (5) |
| PATEL | Priti ___, Conservative politician |
| ORCZY | Baroness ___, novelist born in 1865 who created the Scarlet Pimpernel (5) |
| NOELS | ___ House Party was a hit TV show in the 1990s. (5) |
| TANNI | Retired wheelchair athlete and Paralympian, Baroness _ Grey- Thompson (5) |
| DOLED | Distributed when party was in front (5) |
| STASI | "Shield and sword of the party" was its motto |
| GREEN | Damian _, Conservative MP who was First Secretary of State and Minister for the Cabinet Office in 2017 (5) |
| BLOOR | John ___, Conservative Party benefactor who bought the collapsed Triumph brand in 1983 |
| GRIEVE | Dominic _, Conservative politician who was Attorney General (2010-14) |
| HAMMOND | Philip ___, Conservative politician who served as Chancellor to Theresa May (7) |
| FOWLER | Norman ___, Conservative politician who was lord speaker (2016-21) (6) |
| LILLEY | Peter ___, Conservative politician who was secretary of state for social security from 1992 to 1997 (6) |