| MONE | Michelle __, baroness who lost the Tory whip in 2022 (4) |
| KNIGHT | Julian __, MP who lost the Tory whip in 2022 (6) |
| AMOS | Valerie _, Baroness who became Leader of the House of Lords (2003-7) |
| HANCOCK | Matt __, Tory MP who lost the whip in 2022 (7) |
| WARSI | Sayeeda ___, baroness who co-chaired the Conservative Party from 2010 to 2012 |
| CLASH | Fail to fit in with Tory whip (5) |
| EMMA | Baroness who wrote The Scarlet Pimpernel (4,5) |
| MATT | The non-glossy finish of Hancock, the Tory minister who "should have been fired" (4) |
| SEAT | Wave to the Tory leader from one's place in Parliament (4) |
| HOCH | Scott, golfer who lost the 1989 Masters playoff to Nick Faldo (4) |
| FLOG | Whip in the return game (4) |
| OONA | ___, Baroness King of Bow (4) |
| LOTT | Former minority whip in both the House and Senate |
| WIMP | Mayfair member - one of the Tory wets? |
| ROUT | Nonsense about the Tory defeat |
| CORBYN | Jeremy __, MP who lost the Labour whip in 2020 (6) |
| SCOTLAND | Patricia ---, Baroness who is the current Secretary-General of the Commonwealth of Nations (8) |
| ORCZY | Baroness who wrote The Scarlet Pimpernel (4, 5) |
| ALI | Boxer who lost "The Drama in the Bahamas" in 1981 |
| MONEOFMAYFAIR | Title of baroness who founded Ultimo (4,2,7) |
