| MOWLAM | Mo ?, Secretary of State for Northern Ireland from 1997-99 (6) |
| DOBSON | Frank-, former Labour MP for Holborn and St Pancras; Secretary of State for Health from 1997-99 (6) |
| TOMKING | Conservative MP for Bridgwater from 1970-2001; Secretary of State for Northern Ireland from 1985-89 |
| MASON | Roy ?, Secretary of State for Northern Ireland from 1976-79 (5) |
| THERESA | ____ Villiers, secretary of state for Northern Ireland from 2012 to 2016 |
| ROYMASON | Secretary of State for Northern Ireland from 1976-79 (3,5) |
| WOODWARD | Shaun -, former Labour MP; Secretary of State for Northern Ireland from 2007-10 (8) |
| INDOOR | Cross Northern Ireland from south to north, keeping under cover |
| OLEVEL | Secondary school exam in England, Wales and Northern Ireland from 1951 to 1986 (1,5) |
| KANSAS | State whose eponymous city is in Missouri? (6) |
| MOMOWLAM | Labour MP for Redcar 1987-2001 and Secretary of State for Northern Ireland 1997-9 (2,6) |
| HILARYBENN | Labour MP who became secretary of state for Northern Ireland in July 2024 (6,4) |
| VILLIERS | Who is the UK Secretary of State for Northern Ireland? (8) |
| BENN | Hilary is the recently-appointed UK secretary of state for Northern Ireland. |
| TONYBANKS | Labour MP for West Ham from 1997-2005; Minister for Sport from 1997-99 |
| TONY | Labour MP for West Ham from 1997-2005; Minister for Sport from 1997-99 |
| BANKS | Labour MP for West Ham from 1997-2005; Minister for Sport from 1997-99 |
| AHERN | Bertie ___, Taoiseach of the Republic of Ireland from 1997-2008 (5) |
| STORMONT | Belfast seat of the Parliament of Northern Ireland from 1922-72 (8) |
| MCALEESE | Mary _, president of Ireland from 1997-2011 (8) |
