| LOITERS | Labour leader joins Tories after reshuffle --acts suspiciously (7) |
| NICHOLAS | Aberdeen's patron starts to act suspiciously after swimming in loch (8) |
| AMPS | Starts to act suspiciously around politician, given current measures (4) |
| SCANNER | Science leader joins Heinz Wattie's Ltd to make a computer accessory (7) |
| EMERGES | European leader joins and comes into view (7) |
| CABINETMINISTER | Nice man is bitter after reshuffle, no longer being one? (7,8) |
| CABINETPOST | One's hired to step in after reshuffle as Foreign Secretary, for example (7,4) |
| MANSE | After reshuffle, names place for minister (5) |
| APOLOGETIC | Sorry self-importance rejected in Capitol after reshuffle (10) |
| GETAMOVEON | Hurry to name Gove after reshuffle (3,1,4,2) |
| ALTERNATE | After reshuffle, Attlee ran for deputy (9) |
| BUREAUCRAT | Official raising difficulty with area cut after reshuffle (10) |
| APOSTASY | Losing faith in a job, say, after reshuffle |
| ELEVEN | Opposition leader joins team after a vote for long-distance mission (6,6) |
| APOLLO | Opposition leader joins team after a vote for long-distance mission (6,6) |
| LARGO | Slow passage where rebel leader joins in gaolbreak (5) |
| GAMBLE | Wager German leader joins walk (6) |
| SALLY | Squad leader joins forces to attack (5) |
| FARAGE | Following a trend, will this Eurosceptic join Tories? (6) |
| BEACON | Guiding light to join Tories? (6) |
