| ALEXSALMOND | Former SNP leader and First Minister of Scotland (4,7) |
| STURGEON | Nicola ---, leader of the Scottish National Party and First Minister of Scotland since 2014 (8) |
| NICOLASTURGEON | SNP leader and Scotland's First Minister (6,8) |
| SALMOND | Alex, former SNP leader (7) |
| LENIN | Early Bolshevik leader and first premier of the USSR |
| SUKARNO | Independence leader and first president of Indonesia |
| DEVICE | Bomb produced by old leader and first three characters from 26 down (6) |
| DONALDDEWAR | The inaugural first minister of Scotland (6,5) |
| THIRTYSEVEN | How old was the youngest ever First Minister of Scotland when elected (6,5) |
| NICOLA | First Minister of Scotland and leader of the SNP since November 2014 (6,8) |
| DEWAR | Surname of the very first First Minister of Scotland (5) |
| ALEX | And 37 The First Minister of Scotland 2007-2014 (4,7) |
| BUTEHOUSE | Official residence of the First Minister of Scotland (4,5) |
| MCCONNELL | Jack ----, former First Minister of Scotland (9) |
| ALUNMICHAEL | Politician who served as the initial first minister of Wales (4,7) |
| HENRY | And 1dn Second person to be First Minister of Scotland (5,2'5) (5) |
| MCLEISH | Second person to be First Minister of Scotland (5,2'5) |
| SWINNEY | John, politician who became first minister of Scotland in 2024 (7) |
| YOUSAF | Humza, politician who succeeded Nicola Sturgeon as First Minister of Scotland in 2023 (6) |
| FORBES | Unfortunately, break set of potential SNP Leader (4,6) |
