| WOOLSACK | Seat of the Lord Chancellor in House of Lords (8) |
| MIRTHFUL | Merry disposition recalled endless fun in House of Lords (8) |
| KWARTENG | Kwasi, Conservative politician who was appointed Chancellor in September (8) |
| VILLAINS | In 'House of Sin', play the baddies (8) |
| BORDELLO | Reportedly far from excited with topless greeting in house of ill repute (8) |
| URQUHART | Francis ___, lead character in House of Cards, played by Ian Richardson (8) |
| ABERDEEN | Demand on the rise after bare cavorting in home of Graeme Garden (8) |
| SECONDCHAMBER | Back Companion of Honour over warning colour in House of Lords perhaps |
| RINEHART | Mandy McElhinney's in House Of Hancock (Last name) |
| THOMASROTHERHAM | Archbishop of York who became lord chancellor in 1475 |
| ROBINGROOM | Steal from fashionable royal attendant in House of Lords chamber |
| SCHOLAR | Leaders in House of Lords introduced to mark student |
| HYMNAL | Many changes in House of Lords songbook |
| OLDTIMERS | Issue held up in House of Lords, agitated veterans (3-6) |
| BACON | Francis ___ (1561 - 1626), philosopher who was appointed Lord Chancellor in 1618 (5) |
| HALDANE | Scot who was Labour's first-ever Lord Chancellor, in 1924 (7,7) |
| RICHARD | Scot who was Labour's first-ever Lord Chancellor, in 1924 (7,7) |
| WOLSEY | Cardinal who became Henry VIII’s lord chancellor in 1515 |
| GREATSEAL | The lord chancellor is keeper of the ____ |
| PEERPRESSURE | Is this why they vote in House of Lords for jury member from force? (4,8) |
