| INAROW | Independent, conservative having left-right aligned (2,1,3) |
| POLICY | Independent Conservative in unusual ploy making statement of intent (6) |
| CHOSEN | Selected Conservative having shone unexpectedly (6) |
| KONAMI | ___ code (up, up, down, down, left, right, left, right, B, A) |
| CENTRE | Focus, and this may follow left, right (6) |
| HANDED | Word after left-, right-, or red- |
| ONETWO | Left-right punch combination |
| CULLER | Person making fatal choices botched clue about left, right? (6) |
| WALRUS | Moustache that looked back around the left, right and inside out (6) |
| LULLED | Lured, seduced into false sense of security, with two left right out (6) |
| INACTION | Lack of response from independent Conservative dividing people (8) |
| ICLAUDIUS | Independent Conservative to praise one country novel (1,8) |
| VICAR | Event-review process stopped by independent Conservative minister |
| CCLEF | Staff note about Conservative having departed without finishing (1,4) |
| CEASE | Stop Conservative having peace (5) |
| ORDINARY | Typical Conservative having no time to tour Algerian capital (8) |
| COVER | Conservative having finished top (5) |
| ORATORY | Alternatively a Conservative having the gift of speech (7) |
| CASTE | Social status of Conservative having lost seat (5) |
| CLOWNING | Conservative having to accept Liberal's acting the fool |
