| GEORGECANNING | Prime minister of the UK who died in office in 1827 (6,7) |
| CANNING | George ---, prime minister of the UK who died in office in 1827 (7) |
| ALBERT | Husband of Queen Victoria of Great Britain who died in 1861 (6) |
| PENDA | King of Mercia, Great Britain who died in 655 (5) |
| OZAL | Turkish president who died in office in 1993 |
| EARL | - Grey; bergamot-flavoured Keemun tea that takes its name from the title of a prime minister of the UK who served in the 1830s (4) |
| JAMESGARFIELD | 20th president of the United States, assassinated in office in 1881 (5,8) |
| AJBALFOUR | 20th-century Conservative prime minister of the UK, who succeeded his uncle (1,1,7) |
| QUICKTEMPERED | Swift, occasionally works in office, in hospital and in the press, like a bear with a sore head (5-8) |
| DANIELLELLOYD | Former Miss Great Britain who fell out with Shilpa Shetty on Celebrity Big Brother (8, 5) |
| ARTHURBALFOUR | Conservative prime minister of the UK from 1902 to 1905 |
| SACHS | Jonathan, Baron _, former Chief Rabbi of the UK who passed away in 2020 (5) |
| CASSON | Director of architecture at the Festival of Britain who was elected president of the Royal Academy in 1976 and illustrated the Prince of Wales' The Old Man of Lochnagar (6) |
| AGRICOLA | Gnaeus Julius ___, Roman general and governor of Britain who died in 93 (8) |
| MELLISH | Robert, former Labour Party Chief Whip in Britain who died in 1998 (7) |
| SUPERINTENDENTS | Police officers in the UK who rank above chief inspectors (15) |
| CHURCHILL | Prime minister of Great Britain who led his country to victory (last name; 9) |
| NORMANKIRK | Prime minister of New Zealand 1972-74; died in office (6,4) |
| PYLOS | Port in Greece that was the scene of the Battle of Navarino in 1827 (5) |
| EVITAPERON | First lady who died in office |
