| HUGHES | The man's after a cuddle from prime minister during WWI (6) |
| SOOTHES | Black stuff the man's after has a calming effect (7) |
| ALBERT | Brunel structure opened by the man after whom it was named (5, 6,6) |
| BRIDGE | Brunel structure opened by the man after whom it was named (5, 6,6) |
| SNUG | Kiss and cuddle from a song! (4) |
| DRUG | Medic gets cuddle from cockney dope (4) |
| ROYAL | And 1 Across and 23 Across Brunel structure opened by the man after whom it was named (5,6,6) |
| PRIEST | Extremely short after money taken from prime minister (6) |
| THATCH | Protective cover Queen got from prime minister |
| MODEST | A good man, after a fashion, is unassuming (6) |
| WRITHE | Squirm, like a man after a summons? (6) |
| BERTHA | The legendary gun which shelled Paris during WWI from a distance of 70 miles was called 'Big ...' |
| QUICHE | That man's after reduced fast food in deli? (6) |
| RACHID | Deirdre ---, Coronation Street character whose 1998 imprisonment drew comment from PM Tony Blair (6) |
| MAYDAY | Emergency call from PM before division in week (6) |
| CARESS | One hundred are on ship for a cuddle (6) |
| MANIOC | One subtracted from prime; ten plus its square root |
| MAYHEM | Chaos from PM on edge (6) |
| HACKER | Extractor of secrets from PM on TV |
| OSTEND | Belgian city and ferry port, scene of two raids by British naval forces during WWI (6) |
