| DUTCHUNCLE | Breda's relative in Holland perhaps offers critical advice to the US House (5,5) |
| BLIND | Unable to see Holland, perhaps (5) |
| ALEXANDRIAOCASIOCORTEZ | The youngest woman ever elected to the US House of Representatives (10,6-6) |
| SANTACLARA | University city in California, US, home to American football team the San Francisco 49ers (5,5) |
| DONOTBLOCK | Road sign, or bad advice to the offense |
| RELENTLESS | Implacable advice to the weak-willed (10) |
| BEYOURSELF | Bit of advice to the insecure |
| ETHANALLEN | Large US home furnishings company |
| CALIFORNIA | Stockton's US home |
| NANCYPELOSI | The first woman to serve as Speaker of the US House of Representatives (5,6) |
| SPEAKER | Presiding officer in a legislative body such as Britain's House of Commons or the US House of Repres |
| RYAN | Who is the Speaker of the US House of Representatives? (4) |
| PELOSI | Pole is slippery for leading Democrat in the US House of Representatives (6) |
| NEWT | _ Gingrich, politician who served as the 50th Speaker of the US House of Representatives (4) |
| ONEILL | Tip, speaker of the US House of Representatives from 1977-87 (6) |
| REED | Thomas Brackett ___, Speaker of the US House of Representatives from 1895-99 (4) |
| GERALDINE | Attorney, Democratic politician and former member of the US House of Representatives, ... Ferraro |
| CONGRESSMAN | Meeting with fellow member of the US House of Representatives (11) |
| GRAPHITE | Success in Merlot, perhaps, offers lead for writer? (8) |
| TBAR | Pub in Yorkshire perhaps offers ski-lift (1,3) |