| SELLSHORT | Betray tight-knit group, we hear, with former Labour minister (4,5) |
| SELLOUT | Betray tight-knit group, we hear, on strike (4,3) |
| HARDSELL | Aggressive promotion from unyielding, tight-knit group, we hear (4,4) |
| JACKSTRAW | Former Labour minister who was MP for Blackburn (4,5) |
| NIGHTCLUB | Entertainment venue for chivalrous group, we hear (9) |
| THINKTANK | Show appreciation entertaining tight knit group of specialists |
| PETERHAIN | Former Anti-Apartheid Movement activist and Labour minister created a life peer in 2015 |
| SHORTFALL | Ex-Labour minister anticipating decline in deficit (9) |
| MOMOWLAM | Former Labour minister sees member of parliament in NY gallery with spy chief |
| BESET | Harass with second class group, we hear (5) |
| CHAINS | Restriction former Labour minister noticed in Civil Service (6) |
| HAIN | Former Labour Minister freed from Civil Service shackles? (4) |
| CROSSMAN | Richard ___, former Labour minister known for his revealing diaries (8) |
| CURVEBALLS | Unexpected events and turn followed by former Labour minister (10) |
| TEEMING | Very busy working as a group, we hear |
| ROCKBAND | Pop group we hear in Brighton, for example, sticks out? |
| QUAYSIDE | Part of harbour's important group, we hear (8) |
| TAIPEI | Asian capital supplies blood group, we hear (6) |
| CLICKS | Healthcare group we hear, speaking Xhosa? (6) |
| SECTOR | Tight-knit group with soldiers in division (6) |
