| CUMMINGS | Dominic _, former chief adviser to Boris Johnson (8) |
| DOMINIC | ____ Cummings, former adviser to Boris Johnson when prime minister (7) |
| CORK | Dominic _, former England cricket all-rounder (4) |
| RAAB | Dominic ___, former deputy PM (4) |
| CARRIE | _ Symonds, media adviser who is married to Boris Johnson (6) |
| DAD | Stanley Johnson to Boris Johnson, e.g. (3) |
| MORDECAI | Cousin and adoptive father of Esther who became chief adviser to King Ahasuerus (Esther 2-9) (8) |
| THEODORA | Byzantine empress (527-48), wife and chief adviser of Justinian I (8) |
| PROTRACT | Sustain deal involving piffle that's central to Boris |
| OVERLORD | Former chief designed old Rover (8) |
| CLARKSON | Jeremy -, former chief presenter of BBC TV motoring series Top Gear (8) |
| EXCAVATE | Unearth a tax adopted by former chief executive originally (8) |
| MONAGHAN | Dominic ___, actor who played Merry Brandybuck in The Lord Of The Rings film trilogy (8) |
| FLIPKART | E-commerce major whose former Chief Product and Technology Officer joined Reliance Retail Ventures. (8) |
| SCOTTKAY | Dominic ___ , U.S. actor who voiced the pig Wilbur in the 2006 comedy fantasy film Charlotte's Web (5,3) |
| FAUCI | Dr. Anthony ___: Former chief medical advisor to the POTUS (5) |
| CLARENDON | Chief adviser to Charles II; clan drone (anag.) |
| COLBERT | French comptroller-general of finances 1661-83; chief adviser to Louis XIV (7) |
| GRASSO | Richard ___, former chief of the N.Y.S.E. |
| ECCLESTONE | Bernie _, former chief executive of the Formula One Group (10) |
