| EMPEROR | Finally see a politician, a monarch or another ruler (7) |
| SULTAN | Insult another ruler (6) |
| SUBJECT | Any field of study or branch of learning; a person under the rule of a monarch; or, a musical theme (7) |
| SUNLAMP | Local star left a politician a tanner (7) |
| DYNASTY | A hereditary house or line of monarchs or powerful rulers (7) |
| ANTLERS | A deer stag's deciduous rutting horns with velvet when growing and points indicating said beast's status as an imperial, monarch or royal (7) |
| LIBERAL | Politician a long time getting a bill out, possibly (7) |
| UMPTEEN | Ulster politician - a poster boy perhaps for a lot of them, numerically speaking (7) |
| FLANNEL | Fine lines about Stuart monarch, or flattery? (7) |
| TREASON | Insult to monarch or state (7) |
| AIRLINE | Broadcast rule after reign of late Queen regarding ad for Monarch or Caledonian, perhaps (7,6) |
| ARCLAMP | Carla ordered politician a source of light (3,4) |
| CABINET | Annabel Crabb gives the politicians a grilling in Kitchen ___ |
| SCAMP | Rogue giving a politician a bit of a scare (5) |
| LEVEE | From "rising", an act of getting out of bed; or, a reception held by a monarch or other person of distinction, just after waking up (5) |
| BARD | In medieval times, a poet employed by a monarch or nobleman (4) |
| ALLEGIANCE | Oath of - a promise to be loyal to a monarch or country (10) |
| CHAMP | Companion's supported by a politician, a winner (5) |
| SIMPLETON | One list put out includes a politician - a fool (9) |
| AMBASSADOR | A diplomat of the highest rank accredited as representative of a monarch or state (10) |
