| AGOG | In the past, the head of government was exited (4) |
| CAPSTAN | Rotating shaft in a tape recorder that pulls the magnetic tape past the head (7) |
| PUNKD | Show that tricked Justin Timberlake into thinking the government was seizing his house |
| ACCUSED | Damned with no end of rancour, as his government was by Zola (7) |
| OGAM | Back in the past the origin of messages (4) |
| DANG | Mr Quayle is the head of government? Damn! (4) |
| BEYONDTHEFRINGE | Sketches show, in the past, the other side of the border |
| OWEN | _ Warner, recently exited from his role as Romeo Nightingale in Hollyoaks (4) |
| ASPECT | In the past, the top of this cliff in Exmouth has been a treacherous area (6) |
| SATRAP | In the past, the sun-god was seen as a tyrant (6) |
| AGONY | In the past, the Big Apple was suffering (5) |
| YALTA | _ Conference, 1945 meeting of the heads of government of the UK, the US and the Soviet Union (5) |
| TAOISEACH | Name given to the head of government of the Republic of Ireland (9) |
| LUIS | Character who exited Sesame Street in 2016 |
| CENTRALPOWERS | Money is right to remove leading power in Alps? In the past, the English, French and Russians campaigned against it! (7,6) |
| AMIGO | In the past, the road went through it, chum (5) |
| TAPERS | In the past, the queen used them for lighting (6) |
| RUNNERS | In the past, the Bow Street officers were athletes (7) |
| PALEST | In the past, the French were most anaemic-looking (6) |
| EMBREWE | Beverage imbibed by uncle in the past, the old soak |
