| ELECTOR | Formerly, any of the German princes with the right to take part in the election of the Holy Roman Em |
| COSSACK | Formerly, any of the free warrior-peasants of Ukraine who served as cavalry under the tsars (7) |
| ELECTRA | Take nothing away from German prince with a complex daughter (7) |
| CHARMING | Prince with the magic kiss |
| SACK | Formerly, any of various dry white wines imported into Britain from Spain and the Canaries (4) |
| PHALANX | Two princes with a new cross in body of troops (7) |
| LOYALTY | Allegiance shown by eg princes with leader changing sides |
| LAMEDUCK | A politician in the U.S. in a final period of office after the election of a successor (4,4) |
| CONCLAVE | An assembly of cardinals for the election of a Pope in the Roman Catholic church (8) |
| TAFT | Wilson defeated him in the election of 1912 |
| ELECTORS | German princes entitled to be involved in choosing the Holy Roman Emperor |
| TWENTYTHREE | Electoral vote margin for President Wilson in the election of 1916 |
| MUGWUMPS | Dissident faction of the US Republican Party that switched its support from James G. Blaine to Democratic candidate Grover Cleveland in the presidential election of 1884 (8) |
| HABEMUSPAPAM | The announcement which accompanied the white smoke on the election of Robert Prevost (7,5) |
| PEEROFTHEREALM | Person with the right to sit in the House of Lords (4,2,3,5) |
| COROT | Artist with the right to take a bird out (5) |
| RIFLE | Killer with the right to take life, maybe? (5) |
| DERELICTION | Secretly rid election of the state of being abandoned |
| RAMBLE | You have the right to take the blame when I go out for a walk (6) |
| PONGID | Formerly, any primate of the family comprising the great apes (6) |
