| BEACHHEAD | Be a church leader once established in Normandy (9) |
| PRESBYTERIAN | Barry Epstein turned out to be a church member |
| AZTEC | People who once established an empire in Mexico (5) |
| EPHESUS | Man's breaking record us Greeks once established here (7) |
| SOAPOPERA | Senora loses a couple of points embracing a church leader in Shortland Street (4,5) |
| AMENHOTEP | A representative in Brussels rounding unexpectedly on the Egyptian leader once |
| GORBLIMEY | Green hugged by Russian leader once, bless my soul (9) |
| HARANGUED | Lectured Tory leader once about leaked document's source (9) |
| COLTSFOOT | Bloomer by Labour leader once, having upset 62.5% of Scotland first (9) |
| REMBRANDT | Artist's room accommodating East German leader, once (9) |
| CLEVELAND | Democrat leader once able to shake off Republican, then win |
| CORBLIMEY | Gosh, Green inspired by Labour leader once, briefly (3,6) |
| ACHIEVER | A church leader in Italy, always a successful one |
| JOSWINSON | Leader once as PM, less hot around the Palace of Westminster, perhaps? (2,7) |
| PAPIST | Bothersome photographer is caught finally following a church leader |
| POPE | Modern music the last for a church leader |
| ACCLAIM | A church leader to demand praise (7) |
| POPEYE | Sailor who's a church leader? Almost true (6) |
| ROACH | Fish, or go back with a church leader |
| CIDER | It contains alcohol, bringing dire distress to a church leader (5) |
