| BERGER | Luciana, the former Labour MP for Liverpool Wavertree who rejoined the party in 2023 (6) |
| JACQUI | Surname of Ms Smith, the former Labour politician who was first out on Strictly in 2020 (6) |
| ELLMAN | Dame Louise ___, Labour MP for Liverpool Riverside until 2019 (6) |
| BONEHEAD | Nickname of Paul Arthurs, Oasis co-founder and guitarist who rejoined the band for their 2025 tour (8) |
| GARCIA | Danay ___ Prison Break actress who portrays Luciana Galvez on Fear the Walking Dead |
| NOTED | Celebrated? Not Miliband, the former Labour leader(5) |
| OLDSWAN | Inner-city area of Liverpool bordered by Knotty Ash, Stoneycroft, Broadgreen, Fairfield and Wavertree (3,4) |
| DOBSON | Frank-, former Labour MP for Holborn and St Pancras; Secretary of State for Health from 1997-99 (6) |
| SHADOW | The counterpart in the main opposition party to a member or section of the party in power (6) |
| HEFFER | Eric -, MP for Liverpool Walton from 1964-91; 1983 Labour Party leadership election candidate (6) |
| ANGELA | ____ Rayner, Labour politician who was elected deputy leader of the party in 2020 (6) |
| TEBBIT | Norman, Conservative politician who chaired the party in the mid 1980s (6) |
| PASCAL | ___ Gross, German midfielder who rejoined Brighton & Hove Albion in 2026 (6) |
| CHRISLESLIE | Former Labour MP for Shipley and Nottingham East who left the party in protest at the leadership of Jeremy Corbyn in 2019 |
| LUKAKU | Romelu, Belgian striker who rejoined Chelsea FC in 2021 (6) |
| CREAGH | Mary ---, former Labour MP who lost her Wakefield seat at the 2019 general election (6) |
| STUDIO | Producer might be here at the party in a rumpled suit |
| CLARKE | Charles _, former Labour MP who was Home Secretary 2004-06 (6) |
| BLEARS | Hazel ---, former Labour MP; Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government 2007-09 (6) |
| ERIC | and 16dn, MP for Liverpool Walton who stood in the 1983 Labour Party leadership election (4,6) |
