| INGHAM | Bernard ?, Chief Press Secretary to Margaret Thatcher from 1979-90 (6) |
| TEBBIT | Norman - - -, Conservative life peer, a Cabinet member under Margaret Thatcher from 1981-87 (6) |
| SPICER | Former US press secretary to add excitement to start of race (6) |
| AMANDA | ___ Platell, journalist and former press secretary to William Hague (6) |
| HAINES | Joe, press secretary to Labour prime minister Harold Wilson (6) |
| RATTLE | Simon ?, Chief Conductor of the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra from 2002 (6) |
| TEDDER | Arthur ?, Chief of the Air Staff from 1946-50 (6) |
| PARKES | Phil ...... 1970-79 OPR 816 1979-90 West Ham United goalkeeper (6) |
| DAVRAY | Mich .' ..... , South Africa-born 1979-90 Ipswich forward (1'5) |
| NUTMEG | Head locally to Margaret in Mace (6) |
| LOVELL | Bernard ?, radio astronomer who established Jodrell Bank Observatory |
| YOUENS | Bernard ?, actor who played Stan Ogden in ITV soap Coronation Street |
| BRADEN | Bernard ?, presenter of BBC TV and ITV consumer affairs programmes who married actress Barbara Kelly in 1942 |
| THATCHER | Margaret ___, British prime minister from 1979-90 (8) |
| KINNOCK | Which Labour leader lost two general elections to Margaret Thatcher? (7) |
| WHITELAW | William, Conservative politician who served as deputy prime minister to Margaret Thatcher (8) |
| TEDHEATH | Who relinquished party leadership to Margaret Thatcher? (3,5) |
| NEAVE | Airey ___, aide to Margaret Thatcher murdered by car bomb in March 1939 (5) |
| IRONLADY | Nickname given to Margaret Thatcher (4,4) |
| ALTON | David ?, Chief Whip of the Liberal Party from 1985-87 (5) |
