| TICKETHOLDERS | Hot party candidates to begin with, of an earlier vintage and school, are likely to take seats (6,7) |
| OLDER | Of an earlier vintage |
| AMUSEMENTARCADE | Where bandits are likely to take your money? (9,6) |
| KAFTAN | Kiera extremely fond, to begin with, of light brown, flowing garment |
| BISCUITBARREL | A container, and the last part of a Silly Party candidate's name in Monty Python's Election Night Special |
| LIBERTARIANS | Some third-party candidates |
| GATECRASHERS | Those hoping to take seats for the party, unofficially open 18 across at Conservative Breakfast for meat consumers (12) |
| BYEELECTIONS | Ways to take seats, but not in the general way (3-9) |
| EAST | Direction to take seat and make the first third (4) |
| GRUMPY | Cross empty gallery to take seat (6) |
| ETSY | Website with "Vintage" and "Jewelry" sections |
| LINES | Wrinkles found following hot party (5) |
| ORTHODOX | Normal or unusually hot party for over-18s only (8) |
| CHAMP | Munch hot party sandwiches |
| STRAIGHTFIGHT | This is strictly between two candidates to level with one of those in Ring (8,5) |
| SUPPOSITIONAL | After wee dram, take seat on island in curtailed ballot? That's speculative (13) |
| JOBAPPLICANTS | Candidates to choose from |
| HARRIETTUBMAN | Candidate to replace Andrew Jackson on the twenty |
| DUSTBOWL | Check for prints and blood first on one of those likely to take flight to arid region (4,4) |
| OPRAHWINFREY | When Chicago became one of the four candidates to host the 2016 Olympics, she traveled to Copenhagen to pitch her adopted hometown to the IOC |
