| BLEARS | Hazel ---, former Labour MP; Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government 2007-09 (6) |
| ERICPICKLES | Former Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government (4,7) |
| WOODWARD | Shaun ?, former Labour MP; Secretary of State for Northern Ireland from 2007-10 |
| SHORT | Clare ?, former Labour MP; Secretary of State for International Development from 1997-2003 (5) |
| HUHNE | Chris ?, Liberal Democrat MP; Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change from 2010-12 |
| SLOUGH | Berkshire town and local authority (6) |
| ISOBAR | Line on map is round and local (6) |
| CUTOFF | Disconnect supply to copper and local upper-class sort (3,3) |
| CASHEW | Edible nuts popular amongst the foreigners and locals (6) |
| OMAGH | Fermanagh and ---, local government district covering most of the southwest of Northern Ireland (5) |
| TOWN | An urban area bigger than a village with a name defined by boundaries and local government |
| NALGO | In short, the National and Local Government Officer's Association (5) |
| ECOSYSTEMS | General name for communities of organisms and their environments such as coral reefs, rainforests, g |
| MONOCULTURE | Concept that theoretically existed before the rise of niche communities and streaming media |
| TOWEROFSTRENGTH | Massive supporter of tea and local juice heading off for duck and French brawn (5,2,8) |
| SOCIOECONOMIC | Describing the interactions of communities and money |
| REPAIRING | Ecological restoration is the process of _________ sites in nature whose biological communities and ecosystems have been degraded or destroyed (9) |
| ANNARBOR | Michigan city named after the wives of both its founders, and local stands of oak trees |
| DEVOLUTIONISTS | Supporters of shifting power from the centre to regions and local communities (14) |
| LOVETHYNEIGHBOR | Biblical directive for communities |
