| FORTYTWO | Government department overseeing redeployment of Tory wet, gutless figure (5-3) |
| NATIONALRECORDS | With its HQ on Princes St, Edinburgh, non-ministerial government department overseeing civil registration, - of Scotland (8,7) |
| PYM | Tory wet Francis MP, upset about factory closure (3) |
| CAMERON | Showman: Tory wet repelled by one (7,10) |
| MACKINTOSH | Showman: Tory wet repelled by one (7,10) |
| COMMERCE | Cabinet department overseeing business and industry |
| WIMP | Mayfair member - one of the Tory wets? |
| MINISTRYOFMAGIC | Department overseeing the wizarding world in the Harry Potter books |
| SPECTRAL | Redeployment of PCs later characterised by haunting fear? (8) |
| THENIGHT | Ken Livingstone and the FT go h-h-horribly together for a culling of Tory ministers (3,5,2,3,4,6) |
| REDLIGHT | Warning sign of Tory describing far-right group (3,5) |
| ABSTRUSE | Esoteric system for stopping the introduction of Tory stratagem (8) |
| CONCLAVE | Meeting of Tory and Liberal in underground hollow |
| TERAGRAM | Approximately the combined weight of Tory voters in 1983 returning Thatcher? (8) |
| TEARINTO | Boatman, at heart European, in first part of Tory attack (4,4) |
| ENORMITY | Outrage of Tory men I abused |
| SCOUT | Army pulled out of redeployment of customary reconnoitre (5) |
| UNASSAILABLE | Secure redeployment of all in a US base |
| EASTGERMANY | Police state redeployment of army sergeant ain't right (4,7) |
| IMPLACABLE | Relentless pressure to stop redeployment of mail guy? (10) |
