| UTURNS | Shock in American political changes (1-5) |
| TEAPARTY | Still revolutionary, having a role in American political movement (3,5) |
| CAPITOL | Topical reforms in American political scene |
| TREMOR | Shock in Cromer, town uprising (6) |
| OTTAWA | North American political centre |
| READUP | Do some research about American political party (4,2) |
| USEDUP | Exhausted American political party conserving energy (4,2) |
| CAUCUS | American political meeting to select candidates (6) |
| BLANCH | Show shock in part of a bank given different direction (6) |
| ARENDT | Hannah _, 20th-Century German-born American political philosopher (6) |
| SPICER | Sean ---, American political aide, White House Press Secretary under Donald Trump from January to July 2017 (6) |
| MALCOLMX | American political activist assassinated in New York City in 1965 (7,1) |
| PJOROURKE | American political satirist Pence initially recognises our in joke (1,1,7) |
| OASIS | American political group is convening in the desert (5) |
| MANSE | Saint in shock in church property (5) |
| REFORMER | Political change maker |
| COUNTERREVOLUTIONARY | One opposing a dramatic political change |
| ELECTION | Time for political change |
| REACTION | Editor's job, concealing Democrat opposition to political change |
| GOTOTHECOUNTRY | Abandon capital, perhaps, to enable possible political change |
