| PROTECTORATE | English government of 1653-59 (12) |
| SURAT | First seat of English government in India |
| DOME | Head of English government ministry returned |
| CIVILSERVICE | Organisation responsible for the public administration of the government of a country (5,7) |
| MUNICIPALITY | Government of a locality |
| TECHNOCRATIC | Like a government of scientists |
| CROMWELLIAN | Like a mid-17th century English government |
| REGIME | Lippy type welcomes, for example, English government in power (6) |
| EMIGRATE | English government invades space station, worried to move abroad (8) |
| CROMWELL | Surname of the Lord Protector of England 1653-1658 (8) |
| OLIVER | --- Cromwell, Lord Protector of the Commonwealth of England, Scotland and Ireland 1653-8 (6) |
| TAJMAHAL | Ivory-white marble mausoleum in India which was completed in 1653 and is considered one of the best architectural masterpieces of the world: 2 wds. |
| IZAAK | First name of Walton, author of The Compleat Angler in 1653 (5) |
| OLIVERCROMWELL | The Lord Protector of the Commonwealth of England, Scotland and Ireland 1653-8 (6,8) |
| DEWITT | Jan, chief minister of the United Provinces of the Netherlands from 1653-72 (2,4) |
| BENBOW | English admiral: 1653-1702 |
| IZAAKWALTON | Author of The Compleat Angler in 1653 (5,6) |
| ANDREWFLETCHER | The leader of the anti-union Country Party (1653 - 1716) |
| ABUST | 1653 Rembrandt painting, Aristotle with _ ___ of Homer |
| RUMPPARLIAMENT | English legislative body in force from 1648 to 1653 |
