| GINPALACES | Taverns, showy and grand, attracting Home Secretary and doctors |
| SIMON | John, politician who served as foreign secretary, home secretary and chancellor of the Exchequer in the 1930s and 40s (5) |
| HURD | Douglas ---, Conservative politician who served as Home Secretary and Foreign Secretary (4) |
| ROYJENKINS | Ex-Labour Chancellor and Home Secretary and the SDP's first leader (3,7) |
| KENNETHCLARKE | Former Home Secretary and Chancellor of the Exchequer created a baron in 2020 |
| MAY | First woman to serve as both Home Secretary and Prime Minister |
| STRAWBERRY | Home Secretary and rock'n'roll guitarist: one's barren, another's wild (10) |
| BODYGUARD | Recent hit series starring 8A as the Home Secretary and Richard Madden in the title role (9) |
| RABBUTLER | Postwar Conservative home secretary, foreign secretary and chancellor |
| DASHING | Showy and flamboyant - and fast (7) |
| CUCUMBERS | Two coppers and doctors swallowing starters of exotic rich fruits (9) |
| DRAWSNEAR | Comes close to doctor with answer and doctors answer (5,4) |
| ONE | BBC ___, channel that gives us EastEnders and Doctors (3) |
| NGOS | Grps. like Amnesty International and Doctors Without Borders |
| GISMOS | Gadgets shared by soldiers and doctors (6) |
| LEADERS | Lucky engineers and doctors enjoy rare success from the beginning as pioneers (7) |
| STLUKE | Who is the patron saint of butchers and doctors? (2,4) |
| ESKIMOS | Northern dwellers find one is trapped between banker and doctors (7) |
| NEEDLESS | Dispensable things carried by nurses and doctors ultimately (8) |
| INDRANI | Seeta _, The Bill and Doctors actress (7) |
