| BUCKINGHAM | Dukedom of the 1648-1721 poet and Tory politician John Sheffield (10) |
| GRINLINGGIBBONS | Dutch-born English sculptor, 1648-1721 (8,7) |
| WESTPHALIA | The 1648 Peace of ____ ended the Thirty Years' War |
| PRIDESPURGE | The 1648 expulsion from the Long Parliament of members hostile to the New Model Army (6,5) |
| HARKES | John ......, Sheffield Wednesday, Derby County and USA midfielder (6) |
| FLECK | John ..... , Sheffield United and 2019-21 Scotland midfielder (5) |
| RHONEALPES | Region of France, site of Chambery (once the capital of the Dukedom of Savoie), Lyon (food capital o |
| TWEEDSMUIR | Baron _, title created in 1935 for the author and politician John Buchan (10) |
| MORATORIUM | By the sound of it, Morah and Tory hesitate at suspension (10) |
| WIDDECOMBE | Song needed to make a Tory politician 6? (10,4) |
| HESPERIDES | Robert Herrick's 1648 collection of lyric poems (10) |
| TROGLODYTE | Hermit and Tory got led astray (10) |
| DEVONSHIRE | Shove off, concealing name in awful dukedom (10) |
| NEWCASTLE | Dukedom of Thomas Pelham-Holles, Whig PM twice between 1754 and 1762 (9) |
| ROTHESAY | The other dukedom of Charles |
| DEPTH | The seriousness of French head of police and Tory leader on heroine (5) |
| ATHOLL | Dukedom of Clan Murray chief (6) |
| TED | Younger brother of fellow US politicians John and Robert (3) |
| CONTRACTIONS | Sign of Labour and Tory battles about heads of Treasury (12) |
| ENFIELD | Co-writer of a sketch show featuring characters including Kevin the Teenager and Tory Boy (7) |
