| VOTESIN | Elects, as a politician (2 words) |
| KENDRYDEN | Canadiens goalie legend who became a politician: 2 wds. |
| COOPT | Elect as a fellow member of a group |
| CELESTA | Elect, as a joke, a Tchaikovsky keyboard (7) |
| JA | Initials/nickname former Aussie Davis Cup stalwart-turned politician (2) |
| LAMEDUCK | Ineffective politician (2 wds.) |
| RONNIECOWAN | A renown icon developed as a politician (6,5) |
| INLABOUR | Being reproductive as a politician (2,6) |
| AMERICANHUSTLE | 2013 crime film starring Christian Bale as a con man forced to scam corrupt politicians: 2 wds. |
| SELECTED | Chosen as the editor's elect as it were (8) |
| SECRETBALLOT | Private Second Class gets to give out - as a politician that wouldn't give you a vote of confidence! (6,6) |
| PRESSTHEFLESH | (As a politician) promote oneself to a crowd by shaking hands (5,3,5) |
| DAMPEN | Dismay as a politician interrupts gang of thieves (6) |
| AMBERRUDD | Possible follower of Green, largely blooming as a politician |
| FOREIGNMINISTER | I'm so interfering, travelling as a politician? (7,8) |
| IMPEACH | Accuse, as a politician |
| ELECT | Yet to be installed, as a politician |
| RAMPANT | Ungovernable as a politician breaking into diatribe (7) |
| JUNKETING | Going on extravagant trips, as a politician might |
| GLADHAND | Greet, as a politician might (8) |
