| GREYAREAS | No definite rules apply in these - ex-Foreign Secretary at first argues referring to withdrawn appea |
| EXTOLS | Pays tribute to withdrawn group involved in sex therapy? (6) |
| HYMNBOOK | A sexist might pronounce Practical Railway Engineering to be one; it's where the blessed lines appea |
| GREGARIOUS | Sociable guy at first argues about investing old capital (10) |
| NOONETHELAW | "Rules apply to all citizens" |
| FAIRISFAIR | "The rules apply to everyone," redundantly |
| LABOURS | Works as party secretary at first (7) |
| STRAIN | Pressure on Transport Secretary at first (6) |
| TREASON | They first argue it's a crime against the state (7) |
| LASTSTRAW | Take on ex-Foreign Secretary, showing tipping point in exasperation? (4,5) |
| GRANVILLE | Ex-foreign secretary and leader in government administered French town |
| THEHAGUE | Ex-Foreign Secretary supports article in Dutch city (3,5) |
| CARRINGTON | Ex-foreign secretary outside phone box (10) |
| SHOWERING | Ex-foreign secretary wears small girdle for washing (9) |
| COOK | Robin, ex-Foreign Secretary (4) |
| POSTMODERNHEART | Bodily organ with no definite structure, function, or truth-value at all? |
| NOTATES | Nat, the top secretary at our head office in the centre of Cheltenham, is well organised and takes everything down in shorthand (7) |
| BOUNDLESSNESS | Snobs duel when ordered by head ___ no limits apply in this state (13) |
| CHRISHAMMER | The protagonist for which Australian crime writer is the much-troubled ex-foreign correspondent, Martin Scarsden? (5,6) |
| DITHERS | The river in Hades takes no definite course |
