| TAOISEACH | Leader of the government (9) |
| EXCHEQUER | Chancellor of the ---, government minister (9) |
| COUPDETAT | Violent overthrow of the government (4,1'4) |
| POLITICAL | Of the government |
| COMPTROLLERGENERAL | Director of the Government Accountability Office, the agency founded in 1921 to ensure the accountability of the US federal government |
| TWITTER | Social media platform where the Indian government withheld access to the account of the government of Pakistan. (7) |
| UNCLESAM | The personification of the government of the United States of America (5,3) |
| BACKBENCH | The sort of MP who is not part of the Government (9) |
| NEWDELHI | The capital-and seat of all three branches of the government - of India (3,5) |
| UNCLE | Personification of the government of the United States (5,3) |
| SAM | Personification of the government of the United States (5,3) |
| CIVILSERVICE | Organisation responsible for the public administration of the government of a country (5,7) |
| ADMINISTER | Apply to the new member of the government |
| CABINET | The Case of the Government Ministers? |
| IZVESTIA | Russian daily newspaper founded in 1917 as the official organ of the government (8) |
| GALLOWS | The head of the government permits equipment for capital punishment (7) |
| PAYMASTERGENERAL | This member of the government is usually a minister without portfolio (9,7) |
| REIGN | The head of the government comes in to control and rule (5) |
| JUNKET | Trip taken by a politician at the expense of the government |
| CIA | In 1954, which secretive organisation was involved in the toppling of the government in Guatemala? (1,1,1) |
