| MENZIESCAMPBELL | Former Liberal Democrat leader who competed in the 1964 Olympic Games |
| GODIVA | Members of Coventry ____ Harriers finished second and fourth in the 1964 Olympic marathon |
| ASHDOWN | Paddy, ex-Liberal Democrat leader who became a peacemaker in war-torn Bosnia (7) |
| LYNNDAVIES | Welsh athlete who was long jump champion at the 1964 Olympic Games (4,6) |
| TOKYO | City which hosted the 1964 Olympic Games (5) |
| MARYRAND | Long jump gold medallist in 1964 Olympic Games (4,4) |
| VINCE | Christian name shared by the singer of Mötley Crüe and a fedora-wearing former Liberal Democrat leader |
| ABLE | Intelligent former Liberal Democrat leader caught out (4) |
| CABLE | Vince -, former Liberal Democrat leader; MP for Twickenham from 1997-2015 and 2017-19 |
| CLEGG | Nick - former Liberal Democrat leader (5) |
| LAWS | David ---, former Liberal Democrat MP who was Chief Secretary to the Treasury for 17 days in 2010 (4) |
| PATTI | Singer who competed in the US series of The Masked Singer in 2019, LaBelIe (5) |
| SUNISALEE | Gymnast who competed in the Olympics and "Dancing With the Stars" in 2021 |
| VINCECABLE | Jo Swinson's predecessor as Liberal Democrat leader |
| YIELD | Unknown in election, Liberal Democrat leaders give up (5) |
| TINDALL | Mike, the Princess Royal's son-in-law who competed in the 2022 series of I'm A Celebrity... (7) |
| BAKER | Norman ---, former Liberal Democrat MP; a Minister of State in the coalition government of 2010-15 (5) |
| ELLA | _ Henderson, singer who competed in The X Factor in 2012 (4) |
| DAVEY | Ed ___, Liberal Democrat leader |
| ALANBATES | Actor who played the writer Basil in the 1964 film Zorba the Greek |