| OLDSARUM | One of the most notorious of Britain's 'rotten boroughs', ended by the Reform Act of 1832 (3,5) |
| GREY | Whig politician whose term as prime minister saw the passage of the Reform Act and the abolition of slavery throughout the British Empire (4) |
| ABERDEENSHIRE | Type of Scottish burgh created by the Representation of the People (Scotland) Act of 1832 |
| BOYAR | Member of the old aristocracy of Russia ranking just below a prince, abolished by the reforms of Peter the Great (1672-1725) |
| IRS | Agency that was affected by the Tax Reform Act of 1986: Abbr. |
| PRIVATEEYE | Magazine with regular features "HP Sauce" and "Rotten Boroughs" (7,3) |
| ARRANT | The most notorious sailor in the Australian navy |
| EARLGREY | The 2nd ___, a Whig politician, presided over the passage of the first Reform Act (4,4) |
| PALLMALL | London thoroughfare on which the Athenaeum, the Reform Club and the Travellers Club are situated |
| MEEKMILL | Rapper and co-chair of the criminal-justice organization the Reform Alliance |
| ALCAPONE | Most notorious gangster |
| TIVERTON | Four in awfully rotten borough in the West Country (8) |
| AMICABLE | Peaceful time of day ended by one program provider (8) |
| LITERATE | Well-read youngsters briefly absorbing Education Reform Act (8) |
| PUBCRAWL | Series of local calls possibly ended by a blackout |
| OVERFLOW | Spillage ended by predator's return (8) |
| OVERLORD | Wartime operation ended by Kitchener, perhaps (8) |
| ATTWOOD | Thomas, 19th-century economist and leading figure in the campaign for the Reform Bill of 1832 (7) |
| SPARTA | State whose dominance of southern Greece was ended by the battle of Leuctra in 371BC |
| ROTTENBOROUGH | One of 56 English parliamentary constituencies with between only seven and 42 voters, abolished by the 1832 Reform Act (6,7) |
