| REEVES | Rachel, Labour politician who was appointed Shadow Chancellor in 2021 (6) |
| RACHEL | ____ Reeves, Labour politician appointed shadow chancellor in 2021 (6) |
| YVETTE | ___ Cooper, Labour politician who was appointed Shadow Home Secretary in 2021 (6) |
| STRIDE | Mel ___, Conservative politician appointed shadow chancellor in 2024 (6) |
| RACHELREEVES | MP appointed shadow chancellor in May 2021 |
| OLAF | ____ Scholz, German politician who became chancellor in 2021 (4) |
| ZAHAWI | Nadhim, Iraqi-born Conservative politician who was appointed Education Secretary in 2021 (6) |
| SHAPPS | Grant, Conservative politician who was appointed Transport Secretary in 2019 (6) |
| ANGELA | ____ Rayner, Labour politician who was elected deputy leader of the party in 2020 (6) |
| CRIPPS | Stafford, Labour politician who was Clement Attlee's second chancellor (6) |
| JACQUI | Surname of Ms Smith, the former Labour politician who was first out on Strictly in 2020 (6) |
| ATTLEE | Clement ___ (1883- 1967), Labour politician who was Prime Minister from 1945 to 1951 (6) |
| ERNEST | ____ Bevin, Labour politician who was Clement Attlee's foreign secretary (6) |
| HITLER | Adolf, German dictator who became Chancellor in 1933 (6) |
| WATSON | Tom, British former Labour politician who was deputy leader of his party from 2015 to 2019 (6) |
| WOLSEY | Cardinal who became Henry VIII’s lord chancellor in 1515 |
| MORTON | Prelate who was appointed Archbishop of Canterbury in 1486 and Lord Chancellor of England under Henry VII a year later (6) |
| ANSELM | Saint who was appointed Archbishop of Canterbury in 1093 by King William II (6) |
| DRYDEN | John _, poet who was appointed England's first Poet Laureate in 1668 (6) |
| LENNON | Neil ...... , former Northern Ireland midfielder who was appointed the manager of Celtic in 2010 (6) |
