| PORTILLO | Ex-conservative politician turned TV railway buff, Michael _ (8) |
| PEMBROKE | Politician turned up penniless in Welsh town (8) |
| OCONNELL | Old Irish politician turned up in Enniskillen? No, Cork |
| ATHERTON | Michael -------- , cricketer turned TV pundit (8) |
| JERRYSER | Cincinnati mayor-turned-TV host |
| EDWINA | Ex-Conservative MP turned novelist, _ Currie (6) |
| EDWINACURRIE | Ex-Conservative MP turned novelist (6,6) |
| TRAINSPOTTER | Railway buff returned pictures in protest after changes made (12) |
| EXEMPTS | Dismisses head of enquiry probing former politician turned good person (7) |
| SUMPTUOUS | Rich politician turned out in America, swinging both ways (9) |
| PAULA | Former politician turned drug agency executive (5,7) |
| BENNETT | Former politician turned drug agency executive (5,7) |
| HONEYTRAP | Upsetting party, Powell (ex-Conservative) involved in dirty tricks campaign (9) |
| OBESE | Poor Seb Coe, ex-Conservative, getting very overweight |
| IAIN | --- Duncan Smith, ex-Conservative Party leader |
| HAGUE | Ex-Conservative leader fit after start of holiday (5) |
| CURRIE | Edwina ******. broadcaster and ex-Conservative junior health minister (6) |
| BRANDRETH | Gyles ---, media personality and ex-Conservative MP |
| LEEANDERSON | Ex-Conservative deputy chairman who defected to Reform UK in 2024 |
| TRAINSPOTTING | Film about drug addicts (or railway buffs?) (13) |
