| LATINIST | Mary Beard or Boris Johnson, e.g. (8) |
| DAME | Mary Beard or Mary Berry, e.g. |
| TORY | Theresa May or Boris Johnson |
| DAD | Stanley Johnson to Boris Johnson, e.g. (3) |
| ETONIAN | David Cameron or Boris Johnson, say (7) |
| SPORTING | Word meaning game or up for the challenge; displaying fair play; or, wearing a new beard or hat, perhaps (8) |
| FRONTROW | Arts show hosted by Mary Beard (5,3,4) |
| BLUESMAN | King, Waters, or Johnson, e.g. |
| CLASSIST | E.g. Mary Beard gives away one First from Cambridge for discriminating type |
| CLEMATIS | Climbing plant also called old man's beard or traveller's joy (8) |
| SEXORGAN | Johnson, e.g. |
| ESTONIAN | Perhaps Boris Johnson welcomes special European (8) |
| CUMMINGS | Dominic _, former chief adviser to Boris Johnson (8) |
| BICYCLES | Vehicles in a London selfservice hire scheme originally named after Boris Johnson (8) |
| HASTINGS | Sir Max __, editor who declared Boris Johnson unfit for national office (8) |
| UXBRIDGE | ____ and South Ruislip, constituency in outer London held by Boris Johnson since 2015 (8) |
| PROROGUE | A suspension of parliament, as attempted by Boris Johnson in 2019 (8) |
| PALLMALL | Boris Johnson captivates everyone with a couple of lines somewhere in London (4,4) |
| AVOIDTHE | Goal of Boris Johnson in Scotland- keep away from the veg. "Unfortunately can't, lass!" (5,3,7,5) |
| ONTHEJOB | Busy tabloid's version of Boris Johnson's comeback includes new article (2,3,3) |
