| EDWINACURRIE | Former MP for South Derbyshire; author of novels Chasing Men and The Ambassador (6,6) |
| HENRYJAMES | Author whose novels include The Bostonians and The Ambassadors (5,5) |
| STAGNANCY | Woman chasing men only finds lethargy (9) |
| CURRIE | Tory MP for South Derbyshire who resigned in 1988 (6,6) |
| EDWINA | Tory MP for South Derbyshire who resigned in 1988 (6,6) |
| STEINBECK | John -; author of Of Mice and Men and the Pulitzer Prizewinning The Grapes of Wrath (9) |
| SADDAM | Which former president's novels include The Fortified Castle and Men and the City? (6,7) |
| HUSSEIN | Which former president's novels include The Fortified Castle and Men and the City? (6,7) |
| DAVENELLIST | Former MP for Coventry South East expelled by the Labour Party in 1991 because of his support for Militant tendency |
| BROWNE | Des ?, former MP for Kilmarnock and Loudoun; Secretary of State for Defence from 2006-08 |
| DESBROWNE | Former MP for Kilmarnock and Loudoun; Secretary of State for Defence from 2006-08 (3,6) |
| CORMAC | Author of No Country for Old Men and The Road, who died in June (6,8) |
| MCCARTHY | Author of No Country for Old Men and The Road, who died in June (6,8) |
| CORMACMCCARTHY | US author of No Country for Old Men and The Road |
| BROLIN | Josh_, star of films No Country for Old Men and The Legacy of a Whitetail Deer Hunter (6) |
| CABLE | Vince -, former MP for Twickenham; Leader of the Liberal Democrats from 2017-19 (5) |
| GLENDAJACKSON | Two-time Oscar winner and former MP for Hampstead and Highgate (6,7) |
| MILIBAND | David _, 2001-13 Labour MP for South Shields; Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs from 2006-07 |
| LORRE | Creator of Two and a Half Men and The Big Bang Theory, Chuck ... (5) |
| CHUCKLORRE | Creator of Two and a Half Men and The Big Bang Theory (5,5) |
