| MCLEISH | Second person to be First Minister of Scotland (5,2'5) |
| HENRY | Second person to be First Minister of Scotland (5,2'5) |
| DEWAR | Surname of the very first First Minister of Scotland (5) |
| DAVIDTRIMBLE | Politician who was the first First Minister of Northern Ireland (1998-2002) |
| ANDREMALRAUX | Writer and France's first Minister of Culture (5,7) |
| BUTEHOUSE | Official residence of the First Minister of Scotland (4,5) |
| RHODRIMORGAN | First Minister of Wales from 2000-09 (6,6) |
| SALMOND | First Minister of Scotland and leader of the SNP. (7) |
| STURGEON | First Minister of Scotland and leader of the SNP since November 2014 (6,8) |
| NICOLA | First Minister of Scotland and leader of the SNP since November 2014 (6,8) |
| DONALDDEWAR | The inaugural first minister of Scotland (6,5) |
| THIRTYSEVEN | How old was the youngest ever First Minister of Scotland when elected (6,5) |
| ALEXSALMOND | First minister of Scotland from 2007 to 2014, and SNP leader for more than 20 years |
| ALEX | The First Minister of Scotland 2007-2014 (4,7) |
| YOUSAF | Humza, politician who succeeded Nicola Sturgeon as First Minister of Scotland in 2023 (6) |
| MCCONNELL | Jack ----, former First Minister of Scotland (9) |
| SWINNEY | John, politician who became first minister of Scotland in 2024 (7) |
| NICOLASTURGEON | The first minister of Scotland |
| YOUKNOW | Second person to be aware of what I mean to follow (3,4) |
| SPRIG | Shoot second person, to be precise (5) |
