| CIVILSERVICE | Ceremony for 21 across and another with members of Government administration (5,7) |
| FOOLSCAP | A measure of The Paper for 21 across and Cork (8) |
| CHIEFSUSPECT | The Boys in Blue think she did it for 21 across and that's not quite right (5,7) |
| STATUTES | Regulations trade union applied in areas of government administration (8) |
| REGIME | System of government, administration (6) |
| SPORTSEDITOR | Troops stride out with member of Scotsman staff, say (6,6) |
| ASHLAR | One sort of wood and another with church lacking stonework (6) |
| SODDY | Strangeness, and another with it being taken out of the earth |
| BOOKREVIEWER | Is critical of those telling stories to most of those in 21 across and a fair amount of the rest at The Observer (4,8) |
| PROPAGANDA | Support Turkish commander and another with biased information |
| ABACK | One sailor and another with no joint is surprised, when taken (5) |
| PRACTISES | Rehearses first part of play with members of press turning out |
| COMMUNISTS | Wang Jingwei left Chinese politics for Japan after disagreements with members of this political party |
| VOXPOP | Term for interviews with members of the public on a radio or television programme |
| MINISTEROFSTATE | Suspect Times often right to cover case of absent member of Government |
| INAUGURAL | Member of government predicting speech of new leader (9) |
| PORTFOLIO | No case for having this member of government (8,7,9) |
| MINISTERWITHOUT | No case for having this member of government (8,7,9) |
| MINISTER | Man of the church; member of government (8) |
| ADMINISTER | Dispense with advertisement? Member of government does (10) |
