| CHATHAM | Earl of ___; title reluctantly accepted by prime minister William Pitt the Elder (7) |
| TRINITY | What is the common name for the Oxford University College founded in 1555 by Sir Thomas Pope and whose former students include Cardinal Newman and William Pitt the Elder? (7) |
| MELBOURNE | Lord ___, title held by Prime Minister William Lamb (1779-1848) |
| PROTEM | Mechanical procedure accepted by prime minister for now |
| YIELDEDTO | Reluctantly accepted having old tie-dye creation (7,2) |
| HEALTH | Condition in full finally accepted by PM (6) |
| YOUNGER | William Pitt the -------, British prime minister twice between 1783 and 1806 (7) |
| TRIPLET | Unusual issue characteristic of Pitt the Elder? |
| SNOWDON | Earl of ___ , title of Antony Armstrong-Jones, who married Princess Margaret in 1960 (7) |
| MAYORAL | Test introduced by prime minister related to public office (7) |
| TRAINED | Brought up by prime minister Heath describing bad weather (7) |
| CABINET | Piece of furniture chosen by prime minister? |
| HENRY | Across British Tory Prime Minister of 1801-4, preceded and succeeded by William Pitt the Younger (5) |
| ADDINGTON | British Tory Prime Minister of 1801-4, preceded and succeeded by William Pitt the Younger (9) |
| ISRAELI | National day’s abolished by prime minister |
| PMS | The U.K.'s Pitt the Elder and Pitt the Younger |
| STANHOPE | William Pitt the Younger's niece who gave up aristocratic life and travelled the Middle East dressed as a sheikh on her Arab stallion, settling in a ruined convent in the Lebanon Mountains (8) |
| INCOMETAX | Personal charge introduced in Britain by William Pitt the Younger in 1798 to help finance war agains |
| AVON | 1st Earl of_, title of Anthony Eden, prime minister of the UK 1955-57 (4) |
| EWART | Middle name of the four-times prime minister William Gladstone (5) |
