| BILLOFHEALTH | Proposed legislation from PM involves large ship's certificate (4,2,6) |
| SURPLUS | Almost certain matter involves large balance (7) |
| HEAVY | ____ industry, one that involves large-scale projects, significant equipment and high cost (5) |
| REGISTRY | Merchant ship's certificate |
| NOOSE | One solution involves huge rope loop (5) |
| CASTHISNETWIDE | How fisherman might involve large number of people (4,3,3,4) |
| OPOSSUM | Work problem involves big animal |
| FIGHTTHEBILL | What opponents of proposed legislation do in Congress? |
| FIRSTREADING | Initial consideration of proposed legislation (5,7) |
| LINEARMOTORS | These thrust to and fro in big ships when holding inlet control off and on (6,6) |
| CANTANKEROUS | Is large ship able to get round America? Difficult |
| EXACT | Precise legislation from the past? (5) |
| ACTOFSETTLEMENT | Piece of legislation from 1701 limiting the succession to Protestants (3,2,10) |
| ALIENACT | Legislation from 1705 that briefly made Scots in England foreign nationals (5,3) |
| ACA | Legislation from the Obama Era, initially |
| LAIR | Retreat from PM having lost original letter (4) |
| BLEEPED | Dealt with offensive language from PM once back in base (7) |
| MAYDAY | Emergency call from PM before division in week (6) |
| LEADERSHIP | Has replied obliquely? It's what we expect from PM (10) |
| MAYHEM | Chaos from PM on edge (6) |
