| BOLINGBROKE | Henry St John -, 1678-1751, Tory politician (11) |
| TAJMAHAL | Henry St. Clair Fredericks, to blues fans |
| MAHAL | Taj ___ (83-year-old blues great Henry St. Claire Fredericks Jr., to fans) |
| WALD | Henry Street Settlement founder |
| CONTEMPLATE | Consider note held by Tory politician recently (11) |
| CONTRETEMPS | Tory politicians divided by deal, lacking answer on European disagreement |
| LABOURPARTY | Where to test the UK's standard vacuous Tory politicians (6,5) |
| AMELIABOOTH | Central character in Henry Fielding's fourth and final novel, published in 1751 |
| OFPEREGRINE | The -, 1751 novel by Tobias Smollett (10,2,9,6) |
| ROBERTHOOKE | English scientist who formulated the law of elasticity (published 1678), which bears his name (6,5) |
| BUCKINGHAM | Dukedom of the 1648-1721 poet and Tory politician John Sheffield (10) |
| HAGUE | Tory politician keeps silver in the shade (5) |
| WIDDECOMBE | Song needed to make a Tory politician 6? (10,4) |
| ENOCH | ___ Powell, Tory politician, d. 1998 (5) |
| MARCHER | One protesting against disgraced Tory politician supporting Maggie's introduction (7) |
| HAILSHAM | What enthusiastic hock buyer does for former Tory politician |
| MIDSUMMER | Tory politician cornered by silent performer in heated period (9) |
| THERESA | _ _ _ _ _ _ _ May, Tory politician (7) |
| GRAYLING | Tory politician good in speech, protesting angrily (8) |
| PITT | William ___ (1759 - 1806), Tory politician who became Prime Minister in 1783 (4) |
