| TANAISTE | Deputy leader in a state, getting reshuffled... |
| MAXINE | Girl in a state getting a kiss! (6) |
| MACHINE | Robot possibly in a state, getting cold then hot internally (7) |
| GOGOI | Congress's deputy leader in the Lok Sabha, appealing to the BCCI regarding India-Pakistan match in the Asia Cup.(last name) (5) |
| ADJUTANT | Officer who helps deputy leader in junta at broadcast |
| MHAIRIBLACK | SNP's deputy leader in the House of Commons who is to step down at the next election (6,5) |
| COLDWAR | A crowd restlessly surrounding a Labour leader in a state of hostility (4,3) |
| FLUNK | Fail to see Labour leader in a state of fear (5) |
| ALA | Leader in a state roll call: Abbr. |
| MAINE | Principal - education leader - in a state (5) |
| IDAHO | Papers laugh about American leader in a state (5) |
| RUNDOWN | In a poor state getting bad wound in the navy |
| FUNK | Fail to get rid of Labour leader in a state of fear (4) |
| UPTIGHT | In a tense state, getting out of bed drunk |
| RESTIVE | Sit ever in a nervous state getting fidgety (7) |
| AVERAGELY | See the consequence of state getting silver in a pretty normal way |
| SLAPONTHEWRIST | Son has drink with tenors in a tipsy state getting mild reprimand (4,2,3,5) |
| AVERT | Prevent state getting tax when a vote's denied |
| INDIANAN | Mid-Westerner in Eastern state getting bread from there |
| SACCHARINE | Sickly, uneasy state, getting off ship with bag in front (10) |