| HOMERULE | Domestic maxim of political significance |
| GORKI | Maxim of old Russian writer (5) |
| DICTUM | Maxim of police department backed by corporation |
| NEVERSAYDIE | The maxim of immortal optimism? (5,3,3) |
| MOTTO | The maxim of many a German |
| PRECEPT | Maxim of personal conduct (7) |
| MEASURETWICECUTONCE | Maxim of caution |
| YESAND | Two-word maxim of improv comedy |
| DEWINTER | Maxim of Du Maurier "Drops get put into ground" (2,6) |
| APHORISM | Maxim of a government department adopted by solid type (8) |
| EPIGRAMS | Maxims of cardinals interrupted twice by livestock (8) |
| LOGIA | Maxims of a religious leader |
| MARTINEAU | Generally acknowledged as the first woman sociologist, author of Illustrations of Political Economy, a distant relation of the Duchess of Cambridge (9) |
| LEFT | Name given to a broad range of activist movements of the 1950s and 1960s, rejecting traditional forms of political organisation (3,4) |
| NEW | Name given to a broad range of activist movements of the 1950s and 1960s, rejecting traditional forms of political organisation (3,4) |
| LILLIBULLERO | Refrain of a piece of political doggerel influenced by popular sentiment at the time of the Glorious Revolution in 1688 (12) |
| ADAMSMITH | Scottish pioneer of political economy, author of The Wealth of Nations (4,5) |
| PLACEMENT | Installation of political appointees at top of Treasury |
| SMOKEFILLEDROOM | Scene of political decision, or of skilled memo, doctored |
| DUPE | Puppet of political party on right of course (4) |
