| ARTFULDODGER | Fabled thief's paintings reportedly filled vehicle of US Republican (6,6) |
| GRUYERE | Swiss fare reportedly filled out Yankee before |
| SLEIGH | Toy-filled vehicle (6) |
| PORTRAIT | Painting reportedly shameful property (8) |
| MCCARTHY | Joseph - - -, US Republican senator who led investigations of alleged Communist infiltration into the US government in the 1950s (8) |
| MUGWUMPS | Dissident faction of the US Republican Party that switched its support from James G. Blaine to Democratic candidate Grover Cleveland in the presidential election of 1884 (8) |
| GOP | Nickname of the US Republican Party. (1,1,1) |
| PALIN | Governor of Alaska and 2008 US Republican Vice Presidential candidate, Sarah ... |
| PROVIDER | Donor is in favour of short film being made by US Republican? |
| MILWAUKEE | Host city of the US Republican National Convention, which starts tomorrow. (9) |
| LINDSEYGRAHAM | US Republican politician appointed Chair of the Senate Committee on the Judiciary in 2019 (7,6) |
| PRESBYTER | Elder statesman in US (Republican) protecting computer data (9) |
| BURR | Aaron, US Republican Vice President who was tried for treason in 1807 (4) |
| BOBDOLE | 1996 US Republican Party presidential candidate (3,4) |
| DOLE | Bob ___, 1996 US Republican Party presidential candidate (4) |
| COOLIDGE | Calvin ___, US Republican president who succeeded Warren G. Harding in 1923 (8) |
| WILLIAMMCKINLEY | US Republican president assassinated in office by anarchist Leon Czolgosz in 1901 (7,8) |
| PERSUADE | Some invited a US Republican over for influence (8) |
| EGOTRIPS | US Republican party conservatives abandon old leader making bids for attention |
| GALLOP | Run from everyone in the US Republican party (6) |
