| OAKTREES | Symbols of British Conservatives |
| RIGHT | Brilliant getting rid of British Conservatives? |
| BRIGHT | Intelligent leader of British Conservatives? |
| TORY | A member of British Conservative Party (4) |
| FLAGSTAFFHILL | Site above Russell, scene of Hone Heke's repeated attacks in 1845 on a symbol of British rule (9,4) |
| ROSE | Symbol of British nationalism |
| EXCALIBUR | Symbol of British divine right |
| THEORIES | British Conservatives around that headless woman with a number of notions (8) |
| TORIES | British Conservatives (6) |
| DRAGON | Queen's protected by God, a symbol of British nationality |
| TORYISM | British conservative's doctrine |
| SOBSTORY | Signal extreme distress about British Conservative's pitiful tale (3,5) |
| SPENCER | British Conservative prime minister assassinated in the lobby of the House of Commons in 1812 (7,8) |
| PERCEVAL | British Conservative prime minister assassinated in the lobby of the House of Commons in 1812 (7,8) |
| HAGUE | William, leader of the British Conservative Party (5) |
| JOHNPROFUMO | British Conservative secretary of state for war who resigned in 1963 following a famous scandal (4,7) |
| DUNCANSMITH | British conservative MP who was Leader of the Opposition 2001-2003 (4,6,5) |
| IAIN | And 19 British conservative MP who was Leader of the Opposition 2001-2003 (4,6,5) |
| GREENING | Justine ---, British Conservative MP who was Secretary of State for Education 2016-18 (8) |
| LAWSON | British Conservative politician who was Chancellor of the Exchequer 1983-1989 (5,6) |
