| SNP | Nicola Sturgeon's political party (1,1,1) |
| NATTER | Talk informally like a member of Nicola Sturgeon's party (6) |
| SCOTLAND | Nicola Sturgeon's country (8) |
| DEPUTY | John Swinney is Nicola Sturgeon's (6) |
| ROE | Sturgeons produce it |
| EON | Historic period in sturgeon's evolution |
| THE | Sturgeon's valedictory directions to her house celebration with Hank Williams music? (5,3,2,3,2,5,3,3,3,7) |
| STATESWOMAN | E.g. Nicola Sturgeon or Jacinda Ardern (11) |
| REFERENDUM | Nicola Sturgeon wants one in October 2023 (10) |
| TORIES | Of whom Nicola Sturgeon recently announced her disliking (6) |
| SCOT | Nicola Sturgeon, for one (4) |
| LEVEL | Five of these announced by Nicola Sturgeon in October (5) |
| SEAFOOD | Do foes struggle to secure end of Nicola Sturgeon, perhaps? (7) |
| RESIGNED | As Nicola Sturgeon did a couple of weeks ago (8) |
| SOUTH | Drunken thugs go, so law represented by Nicola Sturgeon (7,5) |
| LONGESTSERVING | Mostly in office, Nicola Sturgeon as this first minister (7-7) |
| YOUSAF | Humza, politician who succeeded Nicola Sturgeon as First Minister of Scotland in 2023 (6) |
| MEDSCHOOLOFFISH | Place where sturgeons can become surgeons? |
| HUSO | Genus of large sturgeons (4) |
| ISINGLASS | Gelatine obtained from sturgeons' bladders (9) |
