| EMPTYNESTER | Liberal MP enters, yet her children have all gone (5-6) |
| SAPPHO | Lesbian lyric poet from Ancient Greece. Most of her work is lost, yet her influence cannot be overstated. |
| NESTER | Empty ___ (parent whose children have all moved away) |
| DOUBLEPARKING | Where to stop the car illegally when the spaces have all gone! (6-7) |
| AWOL | Martin Castrogiovanni, Marland Yarde and Leone Nakarawa have all gone - - - at times during their career (1,1,1,1) |
| JAMIEBRIGGS | Liberal MP defeated by the Nick Xenophon team (5,6) |
| DAMPSQUIB | Liberal MP is bad - without question, a disappointment. (4,5) |
| WOLVERHAMPTON | City to have Liberal MP worn out! |
| CASTLE | Social class describing Liberal MP for Blackburn (6) |
| BLOWLAMP | Shock Liberal MP carrying a device used by stripper (8) |
| GALLUMPHS | Liberal MP laughs wildly, strides exultantly (9) |
| PROBLEMATICAL | New Liberal MP to put up a bill inside? Doubtful (13) |
| MELTINGPOT | Somehow get it on with Liberal MP in Crucible |
| PARLIAMENT | Liberal MP, I learnt, receiving answer in house |
| THIRDAGE | Period of life defined as being after children have left home, people have retired and remain active (5,3) |
| CATCH | Perhaps Persian children have a little song (5) |
| ISSUE | Children have to come out, and find a question ripe for decision (5) |
| MILKTOOTH | One of a set of 20 children have for starters (4,5) |
| TROTS | Little children have to run at a steady pace (5) |
| EMPTYNESTERS | Parents whose children have grown up and left home (5,7) |
