| SPASMODICAL | Erratic Conservative PM said nothing's wrong? A lie that's put out |
| ELASTIC | Acts out a lie - that's spring for you! (7) |
| IMPALE | Transfix politician caught in a lie that's absurd |
| VIRGINAL | Unblemished business conglomerate? A lie that is put out (8) |
| JOHNMAJOR | Which British PM said: "The politician who never made a mistake never made a decision."? (4,5) |
| AMISS | Whats wrong? A failure to hit the target (5) |
| FAMOUSLASTWORDS | Assertion proved wrong? A must for Sod's Law, oddly |
| LOBELIA | Plant lots of broccoli heads in spring? A lie! (7) |
| MAYWEEK | Former PM said to be lacking authority in Cambridge celebration (3,4) |
| FICTIONAL | Disagreement in divorcing redhead? A lie primarily, imaginary (9) |
| ATTLEE | Which post-war Labour PM said 'If a rich man wants to help the poor, he should pay his taxes gladly, not dole out money at a whim'? (6) |
| PITIED | Had sympathy for a very good diet that's put out |
| HOYA | There's nothing in the hay that's put out but a wax-plant (4) |
| CANARD | Is a road fit to lie that's destructively fabricated? (6) |
| BIFOCAL | Heading out of pub after retracting lie that's seen through |
| SPENCERPERCEVAL | Conservative plan - persevere somehow to install Conservative PM |
| JOHNSONISM | Of the ideology and policies of a recent Conservative PM (10) |
| POEM | "A ___ begins as a lump in the throat, a sense of wrong, a homesickness, a lovesickness": Robert Frost |
| PLANE | "Use this tool in the evening," said Frank (5) |
| AFTER | Between lunchtime and teatime, then, the Prime Minister said briefly... (9) |
