| MATTHEWPRIOR | English poet and diplomat whose works include 1700's Carmen Saeculare |
| GALBRAITH | John Kenneth, economist and diplomat whose books include The Age of Uncertainty (9) |
| HORACE | "Carmen Saeculare" poet |
| WYATT | Sir Thomas -, sixteenth century English poet and diplomat |
| PRIOR | Matthew ---, English poet and diplomat buried in Poets' Corner, Westminster Abbey in 1721 (5) |
| MAIDENVOYAGE | First journey, and servant and diplomat get on (6,6) |
| AVERELLHARRIMAN | US politician and diplomat, special assistant to Harry Truman and later governor of New York (7,8) |
| TELAWRENCE | Rules accepted by dramatist, soldier and diplomat |
| EUNUCH | Zheng He, the 14th/15th century Chinese admiral and diplomat was a court ___ (6) |
| ADMIRAL | Part of Opel's KAD line-up along with the Kapitan and Diplomat (7) |
| TALLEYRAND | French clergyman, politician and diplomat (1754-1838) (10) |
| CONSULTANT | Doctor and diplomat overseas go brown, with time (10) |
| ZHENGHE | Chinese admiral and diplomat sometimes hailed as China's greatest explorer. (5,2) |
| MOLOTOV | Vyacheslav --, Soviet politician and diplomat (1890-1986) (7) |
| OPEL | Stablemate of the Kapitan and Diplomat (4,8) |
| SHIRLEYTEMPLE | Late American actress and diplomat (7,6) |
| SPENDER | Name an Australian lawyer and diplomat, Sir Percy ... (7) |
| CHATEAUBRIAND | Steak variety, named after a French writer and diplomat (13) |
| SHIRLEY | - Temple, US child film actress and diplomat (7) |
| CONVOY | Police officer and diplomat overlapping in motorcade (6) |
