| REEVES | Rachel ___, shadow chancellor (6) |
| RACHEL | ____ Reeves, Labour politician appointed shadow chancellor in 2021 (6) |
| STRIDE | Mel ___, Conservative politician appointed shadow chancellor in 2024 (6) |
| MAPLES | John ___, Shadow Foreign Secretary from 1999-00 (6) |
| OCLOCK | Five ___ shadow (emerging whiskers) (6) |
| LESTOR | Joan ___, Shadow Minister for Overseas Development from 1994-96 (6) |
| SILVER | ____ Shadow, model of luxury car first produced by Rolls-Royce in 1965 (6) |
| COOPER | Yvette _,shadow home secretary 2011-15 and since 2021 (6) |
| AGIANT | 1966 film, Cast ___ Shadow |
| BRIGHT | Rachel __, actress who plays Walford's Poppy Meadow (6) |
| MADDOW | MSNBC media personality Rachel _ (6) |
| CARSON | Rachel ___, author of Silent Spring (6) |
| BILSON | Hart Of Dixie and The OC star, Rachel _ (6) |
| PAPERS | The Rachel ___, Martin Amis novel (6) |
| YANKEY | Rachel ___, former footballer who played for Arsenal for 15 seasons and won 129 England caps (6) |
| NOTLEY | Rachel ___, Alberta's new Premier |
| BERLIN | RACHEL ___ GERMANY (GH) |
| RACHELREEVES | Shadow Chancellor of the Exchequer from 2021 (6,6) |
| SLIMEBALL | Slight on Shadow Chancellor - "endlessly disgusting person" (9) |
| AMAZEBALLS | Fab to floor former Shadow Chancellor? |
