| ROUNDHEAD | Supporter of the Parliamentary party in the English Civil War (9) |
| ROUNDHEADS | Members of the Parliamentary party in the English Civil War (10) |
| SUSANRYAN | Which federal Labor politician became, in 1977, the first woman elected to the Parliamentary Executive of the ALP? (5,4) |
| IRONSIDES | Troopers in the Parliamentarian cavalry in the English Civil War (9) |
| OLIVER | - Cromwell, leader of the Parliamentary forces in the English Civil War (6) |
| CAVALIERS | Opponents of the Roundheads in the English Civil War |
| OMBUDSMAN | The ___, name by which the Parliamentary Commissioner for Administration is also known (9) |
| ROYALISTS | Another term for cavaliers in the English Civil War (9) |
| EATANSWILL | Scene of the parliamentary elections in 'The Pickwick Papers' (10) |
| HARDIE | Keir ___, British statesman; first leader of the parliamentary Labour Party (1906-8) |
| FAIRFAX | Thomas, commander of the Parliamentary army from 1645 to 1650 (7) |
| NADINEDORRIES | MP suspended from the parliamentary Conservative Party for taking part in the 2012 series of I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here! without permission |
| CAVALIER | Term for a supporter of the Royalist cause in the English Civil War. (8) |
| DIANE | The parliamentary mother of the House, born this day in 1953 (5,6) |
| ABBOTT | The parliamentary mother of the House, born this day in 1953 (5,6) |
| OPPOSITION | The ___, chief parliamentary party against that in office (10) |
| NASEBY | Village in Northamptonshire, site of a Parliamentarian victory in the English Civil War in 1645 (6) |
| CROMWELLIAN | (Supporter) of the Puritan side in the English Civil Wars (11) |
| EDGEHILL | Site in Warwickshire of a 1642 battle in the English Civil War (8) |
| PURITAN | An opponent of the Royalists in the English Civil War (7) |
