| NEOCONSERVATIVE | One possibly heading for Congress after manipulating naive voters (15) |
| CONSERVATIVE | Naive voters bamboozled by cold politician |
| GRAFFITI | Illicit drawings German institute acquired after manipulating tariff (8) |
| POGOSTICK | Petty officer got sick after manipulating bouncing toy (4,5) |
| OCTAHEDRA | Had to care after manipulating figures (9) |
| CONSENTINGADULT | Politician submitted good bill last month, one fit for Congress (10,5) |
| SONGTITLE | Lots get in, possibly heading for work (4,5) |
| BANGLADESH | Left in Aden, bags possibly heading for hilly Asian country (10) |
| INTHESOUP | Like noodles, possibly, heading for trouble! |
| EJECTING | Forcing to leave nice jet possibly heading for Gatwick (8) |
| DOOMED | Dodo and me possibly heading for a terrible fate (as Pte Fraser might say) (6) |
| ETON | 24 possibly heading back for school |
| LIVONIA | Orangeman's outside in de Havilland, possibly, heading off for province |
| CHEMISTRY | Before serving in Congress after an 11-year NBA career, Tom McMillen majored in this at the University of Maryland; it's an important quality for a basketball team |
| ENGROSS | Monopolise congress after its leader goes mad |
| ASS | No clever person will be returned in Congress after all (3) |
| DELETE | Blot out Napoleon's summer light, possibly heading west |
| RUSSIAN | Muscovite, possibly, heading off old German (7) |
| TRACT | Mustang possibly heading north through dry region |
| METONYMS | The Hill, for Congress, and Foggy Bottom, for the State Department |
