| FALCONER | Charlie ___, Labour politician and QC who served as Lord Chancellor from 2003 to 2007 (8) |
| STEPHANGARDINER | English bishop who served as Lord Chancellor during the reign of Queen Mary (7,8) |
| HEALEY | Denis _; Labour politician and former Chancellor of the Exchequer (6) |
| CASTLE | Barbara ___, Labour politician and minister in the Wilson governments (6) |
| CARDINALWOLSEY | RC ideally saw no evil as Lord Chancellor (8,6) |
| SCHUSSEL | Wolfgang, Austrian politician who served two consecutive terms as Chancellor from 2000 to 2007 (8) |
| PRESCOTT | John _, Labour politician who served as Deputy Prime Minister 1997-2007 (8) |
| BLUNKETT | David ___, Labour politician who served as Tony Blair's second home secretary (8) |
| MORTIMER | QC who wrote the Horace Rumpole books and other novels including Paradise Postponed, Summer's Lease, Titmuss Regained and The Sound of Trumpets (8) |
| MILIBAND | David ___, Labour politician who was foreign secretary under prime minister Gordon Brown (8) |
| CROMWELL | Statesman who ruled as lord protector from 1653 to 1658 |
| ZANELOWE | New Zealand DJ who hosted a global music show on BBC Radio 1 from 2003 to 2015 |
| NYEBEVAN | Labour politician and architect of the NHS, d. 1960 (3,5) |
| GARDINER | Gerald -, Lord High Chancellor from 1964-70 (8) |
| TOMDELAY | House majority leader from 2003 to 2005 |
| THEROYAL | ITV medical drama which ran from 2003 to 2011 (3,5) |
| MCDONALD | One of the largest Scottish Highland clans, historically known as Lords of the Isles (8) |
| ADENAUER | Chancellor from Cologne |
| JUSTINEHENIN | Belgian Tennis Hall of Famer who won four French Open women's singles titles from 2003 to 2007: 2 wds. |
| TERGAT | Paul ___, Kenyan runner who held the world best time in the marathon from 2003 to 2007 |
