| LLOYDGEORGE | Parental acquaintance they say was in high office |
| AMI | Friend from Paris, say, was in the family way (3) |
| TRUEFRESHMAN | Football-playing student who was in high school last year |
| PRESIDENCY | Trump's last official address in high office (10) |
| PRIMEMINISTER | Merriest imp messed about in high office (5,8) |
| ANTIPOPE | One not confirmed in high office, as Orangeman is |
| MUSED | America off the coast of Barcelona, say, was deep in thought (5) |
| KIWI | Hillary, say, was initially involved in K2? (4) |
| ROSEWOOD | Was promoted; would say was cabinet material |
| SHOWCASE | In Oxford, say, was holding college's first exhibition |
| ACADEMIC | School, say, was cut short before one, in a scholarly community (8) |
| ISLE | Lewis, say, was competing in the Bislett stadium (4) |
| RESIDED | Team in claret, say, was at home |
| EXCALIBUR | Old standard some say was set in stone |
| ABDICATE | Rating to expire when Tom is in: must leave high office (8) |
| DEPOSED | Attested how one was removed from high office (7) |
| HOOFPRINT | Evidence hack, say, was there to find clue - nothing concerning promotion in it (9) |
| HOBOKEN | City that hosted what some say was the first organized baseball match, in 1846 |
| ELEGIST | Gray, say, was celeb at heart with significance (7) |
| MEANT | "What I ___ to say was ..." |
