| PICOT | Old Scot keeping Leader of Opposition in loop (5) |
| WIGAN | Town won, with a Scot keeping goal at first (5) |
| BECALMED | Was made Duke, keeping leader of Lords fixed to the spot? |
| BICOT | Ancient Scot kept nothing in loop (5) |
| NOOSE | Return shortly to earth in loop (5) |
| UNANIMOUS | UN intention to involve leader of opposition in complete agreement (9) |
| OUTOFLINE | Exhibiting unacceptable behaviour, female supporting leader of opposition in sketch |
| RCUNPASTORAL | Narrow-minded leader of opposition in the island |
| GRAVYBOAT | Money racket lands leader of opposition in jug |
| SPOOL | It can hold film, for instance, in loops (5) |
| EXTEMPORE | Leader of Opposition in bad temper after European vote, but with no plan (9) |
| HADES | Experienced hands in opposition in shadowy world |
| CZECH | ___ Republic, Scotland's opposition in their first Euro game (5) |
| EXCEL | Surpass old Scot, say, getting snubbed (5) |
| GRANT | Greeley's opposition in 1872 |
| NOONE | James Monroe's opposition in 1820 |
| GULAG | "Golden ___: Prisons, Surplus, Crisis, and Opposition in Globalizing California" (book by Ruth Wilson Gilmore) |
| GRINDS | Crushes last sign of opposition in networks (6) |
| SIT | Provide a bit of opposition in Parliament? |
| EMPIRE | Target of opposition in decolonization efforts |
