| VARADKAR | Irish politician serving his second term as taoiseach |
| DANIELORTEGA | Politician who began his second term as President of Nicaragua in 2007 (6,6) |
| ORTEGA | Daniel _, politician who began his second term as President of Nicaragua in 2007 (6) |
| TRUMP | Donald ___, in his second term as President of the USA (5) |
| BOOKMAKER | Man serving his betters whose work is bound to sell? (9) |
| DISHINGUP | Serving his pud, strangely, with gin |
| STAR | Prison slang for a convict serving his first sentence |
| SWORD | Blade in his second term (5) |
| MARCORUBIO | U.S. senator who is Donald Trump's choice for secretary of state in his second term (5,5) |
| MICHEALMARTIN | Irish Fianna Fail politician elected again as Taoiseach by the Dail last month, having previously held the position from 2020 to 2022 (7,6) |
| AHERN | Bertie _, politician who served as Taoiseach from 1997 to 2008(5) |
| LAME | ___ duck (losing politician serving out a term) |
| KCR | Indian politician serving as the first Chief Minister of Telangana (initials) |
| LAPID | Yair ---, politician serving as the Prime Minister of Israel since July 2022 (5) |
| LEOVARADKAR | The successor to Enda Kenny as taoiseach, in June 2017 |
| COWEN | Who succeeded Bertie Ahem as taoiseach? (5) |
| COSTELLO | John Aloysius, twice served as Taoiseach (8) |
| ODDBALLS | Party lifted by topless Labour politician serving nuts (8) |
| HAMMOND | Politician serving suggestion with eggs, reportedly? (7) |
| TORY | Politician serving in Lowestoft or Yarmouth (4) |
