| DACAMPIA | Samurai PM a cad, partly recalling a fungus (8) |
| NEARSIDE | Britain's left PM a couple short, going back through north-east (8) |
| DIPLOMAT | Ambassador wantonly told PM a naked fib (8) |
| UNCUTGEM | It doesn't describe Nick and Margaret recalling a diamond in the rough (5,3) |
| PUFFBALL | A fungus with a round fruiting body that discharges a cloud of spores when mature (8) |
| MUSHROOM | Multiply or expand like a fungus? (8) |
| MYCELIUM | Vegetative part of the body (thallus) of a fungus, consisting of thread-like white filaments called hyphae (8) |
| LEAFSPOT | Plant disease caused by a fungus which marks foliage (4,4) |
| LURE | An angler's artificial bait such as a jig; a Bronze Age trumpet suggestive of a mammoth's tusk; or, a falconer's device for recalling a hawk (4) |
| CHARLIESANGELS | She's recalling a dodgy crime drama from the 70s (8,6) |
| STREEP | Actress whose repertoire includes a devilish editor-in-chief, an iron PM, a suffragette, a Victorian woman of mystery and the world's worst "diva" (6) |
| WILSON | Name shared by a prime minister, a president, the author of The Old Men at the Zoo and a fictional castaway's friend in the form of a volleyball (6) |
| NORTHAMPTONSHIRE | Division in England: PM a politician with a lot to take on |
| DERBY | A PM; a race since 1780 |
| PEEL | A PM; a fortified tower |
| ATTLEE | PM, a teetotaler and a general |
| AVALANCHE | Snowdrop recalling a red flower, last to turn red (9) |
| YADDAYADDAYADDA | Talk, repeatedly recalling a significant WW2 date |
| DAMASCENE | One from old city recalling a crazy emotional outburst |
| IONA | Recalling a number one island |
