| LOBBYIST | Person who seeks to influence a politician (8) |
| POSTULANT | Person who seeks to enter a religious order (9) |
| LOBBIES | Seeks to influence a legislator on an issue |
| LOBBY | Which verb means to seek to influence a politician / official body etc on an issue? (5) |
| LEVERAGE | Power to influence a person or situation (8) |
| ESCAPIST | A person who seeks relief from unpleasant realities, often in the form of fantasy (8) |
| REFORMER | One who seeks to improve moral behaviour (8) |
| LOBBYING | Attempt to influence a public official in favour of a specific opinion or cause (8) |
| CATALYZE | Clay seat used to influence a chemical reaction (8) |
| MEDIATOR | Mark article penned by journalist who seeks to resolve problem? |
| REALIST | Word for a pragmatist, in contrast to a daydreamer, fantasist, romancer, stargazer or visionary; or, an artist who seeks to represent true life (7) |
| IDEALIST | Method of recording constructive thoughts by one who seeks perfection? (8) |
| ASPIRANT | Who seeks office snake catching wrong train? (8) |
| SEARCHER | One who seeks bowman from the home counties? (8) |
| RULER | Item often found in a pencil-case with crayons, erasers, felt-tip pens, scissors, sharpeners etc; a term for a planet held to influence a given zodiacal sign; or, an emperor, monarch, raja or other le |
| FORTUNEHUNTER | A person who seeks riches by marrying someone rich (7,6) |
| GOLDMINER | Person who seeks a flash in the pan |
| CHARMING | What the angler who seeks flattery is doing? (7,3,11) |
| AMILLION | What the angler who seeks flattery is doing? (7,3,11) |
| MOHAMMAD | What the angler who seeks flattery is doing? (7,3,11) |
