| ANDREWMARR | Former political editor of BBC News and presenter of Start the Week, now working for LBC (6,4) |
| ADAM | ____ Boulton, journalist and former political editor of Sky News (4) |
| FAISAL | First name of Mr Islam who is the economics editor of BBC News (6) |
| OCONNOR | Matt - - -, ex-Leinster and Tigers boss now working for retirement specialists LDK Seniors' Living in Canberra (7) |
| RAEBURN | Agony aunt Anna ____ worked for LBC and Cosmopolitan |
| SCOTTIE | This current World No. 1-ranked golfer has held the same for more than 100 weeks now. (7) |
| BLUEMONDAY | Start the week feeling depressed with New Order (4-6) |
| NEWSNIGHT | BBC news and current affairs programme first broadcast in 1980 |
| LIDDLE | Rod ___, journalist who is an associate editor of The Spectator and former editor of BBC Radio 4's Today programme |
| MONTECARLO | Starts the week with the heartless charlie from Italy on the French Riviera (5,5) |
| MONGOL | Start the week returning record to Genghis Khan for one (6) |
| MONTBLANC | Starts the week with barman in shade and something cold high in the Alps (4,5) |
| HUWEDWARDS | Main presenter of BBC News at Ten |
| BIRNAMWOOD | I'm now working with board from shifting trees |
| ROBERTPESTON | Former BBC News Business Editor who became Political Editor of ITV News in 2016 (6,6) |
| BRISSENDEN | ABC foreign correspondent and 7.30 political editor, Michael ... (10) |
| CHRISMASON | Current BBC political editor (5,5) |
| GERALDFORD | Former political leader's red flag flying over road (6,4) |
| GROUNDBEEF | Hamburger meat [fourth word of 'start'] |
| GETINTOUCH | Make contact [first word of 'start'] |
