| OPTIMISM | Man is interrupting appeal to Prime Minister for future confidence (8) |
| POPMUSIC | Photo frame being given to prime minister by American, I see, has broad appeal |
| PREACHER | Contact Queen following introduction to prime minister |
| PENNORTH | Write to prime minister, having one's say? |
| LUTONHOO | House in Bedfordshire, once home to prime minister John Stuart, 3rd Earl of Bute, and later, diamond magnate Sir Julius Wernher (5,3) |
| THATCHER | Prime minister for 11 years who was known as the Iron Lady (8) |
| PRESCOTT | John __, deputy prime minister for a decade (8) |
| DOGWATCH | Pet-sit from 6 to 8 pm for Jack (8) |
| ELECTEES | Campaigners voted in as Prime Minister, for instance |
| PARADIGM | Level a gibe at Prime Minister, for example |
| IMPETIGO | I go to PM with one children's complaint (8) |
| NECROPSY | Most of new whips unknown to PM (8) |
| SPODDING | Using a bait rocket to prime a swim (8) |
| MISERERE | Is interrupting the speaker about repeated plea for mercy (8) |
| BASILISK | Bishop is interrupting a QC, fearful creature (8) |
| PULSIFIC | Throbbing form of flu is interrupting film |
| TAOISEACH | Title for Ireland's head of government, equivalent to Prime Minister |
| PERM | Give a wave to prime minister introducing Queen |
| FALKENDER | Marcia -, former personal, political and private secretary to prime minister Harold Wilson (9) |
| PILGRIM | Girl I clumsily introduced to Prime Minister, one on a spiritual journey (7) |
