| UNIONIST | Democratic _ Party, Northern Irish political party founded by Ian Paisley in 1971 (8) |
| FIANNAFAIL | Irish political party founded by Eamon de Valera in 1926 |
| PANTHERS | Popular name for the political party founded by Bobby Seale and Huey P. Newton (5,8) |
| HAIRGRIP | Clip of His Grace holding breathe for tips from Reverend Ian Paisley (8) |
| FINEGAEL | Republic of Ireland political party founded in 1933, led by Leo Varadkar since 2017 |
| SINNFEIN | Irish republican political party founded in 1905 (4,4) |
| CONGRESS | Indian political party founded in 1885 (8) |
| GRIFFITH | Arthur ---, founder of the Irish political party Sinn Fein (8) |
| SDLP | Northern Irish political party co-founded by John Hume (init.) (4) |
| REPUBLIC | Democratic ___ of the Congo (African country) |
| HERUT | Israeli political party founded by Menachem Begin in 1948 and formally merged into Likud in 1988 (5) |
| REFORM | US political party founded by H Ross Perot in 1995 |
| LIKUD | Israeli political party founded by Begin and Sharon in 1973 (5) |
| BLACK | Popular name for the political party founded by Bobby Seale and Huey P. Newton (5,8) |
| WHIG | Political party founded by Henry Clay in the 18305 |
| SHAS | Small Israeli ultra-Orthodox political party founded by Rabbi Ovadia Yosef (4) |
| SDP | Political party founded by the Gang of Four (3) |
| STEALERSWHEEL | Band formed in Paisley in 1972 by Joe Egan and Gerry Rafferty (8,5) |
| NEVERSAYNEVER | Did Ian Paisley promise to in Bond film? (5,3,5,5) |
| RANKIN | British portrait and fashion photographer born in Paisley in 1966 (6) |
