| SPARKS | Nicholas _, politician who served as a Conservative MP from 1997 to 2019 (6) |
| LETWIN | Oliver -, Conservative MP from 1997-2019; Shadow Home Secretary from 2001-03 |
| KISSINGER | Henry _, politician who served as US Secretary of State under Richard Nixon and Gerald Ford (9) |
| MAIDENHEAD | Berkshire town represented by Theresa May as MP from 1997 |
| WIDDECOMBE | Ann _, Conservative MP from 1987 to 2010 (10) |
| PARRIS | Matthew, political journalist and broadcaster born in 1949 and formerly a Conservative MP (6) |
| THEORY | The idea is, as a Conservative, he will get in (6) |
| AMATORY | How a Conservative MP might describe self as romantic (7) |
| DEROGATORY | Uncomplimentary of upstart journalist to introduce Ronan O'Gara as a Conservative |
| BEINGINTHERIGHT | Occupying a just position ... a Conservative MP? |
| PREDATOR | One on the hunt as a Conservative endlessly pursuing quiet Labourite? |
| ATTLEE | Clement ___, politician who led the Labour Party to a landslide election victory over Winston Churchill's Conservative Party in 1945 |
| ORTEGA | Daniel _, politician who began his second term as President of Nicaragua in 2007 (6) |
| WAVELL | Archibald, wartime military leader who served as a viceroy of India (6) |
| WATSON | Tom, British former Labour politician who was deputy leader of his party from 2015 to 2019 (6) |
| DARCEY | _ Bussell, ballet dancer who was a Strictly Come Dancing judge from 2012 to 2019 (6) |
| GLENDA | ___ Jackson, British stage and screen actress and a Labour MP from 1992 until 2015 (6) |
| ALCOTT | Best-selling author who served as a nurse in the Civil War |
| NERUDA | Writer who served as a senator in Chile |
| DAMIAN | 1999-2001 Dockers coach and Nationals MP from 2016, ... Drum (6) |
