| PYM | Francis, who replaced Lord Carrington as UK foreign secretary in 1982 (3) |
| HURD | Douglas, Conservative politician who served as UK Foreign Secretary from 1989-95 (4) (4) |
| FOX | Charles -, British Whig statesman who served for three periods as Foreign Secretary in 1782, 1783 and 1806 (3) |
| RAAB | Who is the UK Foreign Secretary? (4) |
| MARGARETBECKETT | First woman to hold the post of UK foreign secretary |
| LAMMY | David -, Labour MP for Tottenham; UK Foreign Secretary since 2024 (5) |
| HUNT | Jeremy -, UK Foreign Secretary since July (4) |
| EDEN | Anthony, British Prime Minister who earlier served as Foreign Secretary in World War II (4) |
| ERNEST | ____ Bevin, Labour politician who served as Foreign Secretary in the Attlee government (6) |
| LEMON | Keith -, alter ego of comedian Leigh Francis who starred in ITV2 series Coming in America (5) |
| PRITI | ___ Patel, British politician who has served as UK Home Secretary since 2019 |
| HURDLER | Former Foreign Secretary in league with the French runs as an athlete |
| TRUSS | Liz, Conservative politician who was appointed Foreign Secretary in 2021 (5) |
| CLEVERLY | James, Conservative politician who was appointed Foreign Secretary in September (8) |
| HOARE | Samuel, British statesman who was foreign secretary in 1935 (5) |
| BECKETT | Margaret ---, Labour MP who became Britain's first female foreign secretary in 2006 (7) |
| DAVIDLAMMY | Labour politician who became foreign secretary in 2024 (5,5) |
| ASSISI | Town in Umbria that was the birthplace of St Francis, who founded the Franciscan religious order there in 1208 |
| BOULLE | Surname of Made In Chelsea's Francis who won Celebrity Coach Trip in 2019 with Sarah Keyworth (6) |
| BALDWIN | Rudyard Kipling's cousin who served three terms as UK prime minister (7) |
