| WOLSEY | Thomas _; English statesman to Henry VIII (6) |
| CICERO | Old statesman to boast briefly, suppressing reserve (6) |
| DUBCEK | Slovak statesman to name his neighbour on the radio |
| THOMAS | British statesman who refused to take the oath of supremacy to Henry VIII as head of the Church and was executed for high treason in 1535 (3,6,4) |
| SYDNEY | Port English statesman spit out (6) |
| HOBBES | Thomas ___, English philosopher who authored 1651 book Leviathan (6) |
| HUGHES | Thomas ___, English author of Tom Brown's School Days (1857) (6) |
| ASCHAM | Scholar who dedicated his treatise Toxophilus to Henry VIII and, in return, was rewarded by said king with a royal pension and further honour of being assigned tutor to Prince Edward and Princess Eliz |
| SISTER | Relation that Margaret Tudor was to Henry VIII |
| SAVILE | English statesman George ___ |
| MORE | Sir Thomas _, English lawyer, social philosopher, author, statesman, and Lord Chancellor to Henry VIII, executed on a charge of treason (4) |
| JAWAHARLALNEHRU | Statesman to talk at length to one acceptable to 20, admitting redtop elevated women-only sport (10, |
| WASHINGTON | Old statesman to stand up in grand fashion |
| FRANKLIN | American statesman, to be blunt, raised nothing |
| SIR | British statesman who refused to take the oath of supremacy to Henry VIII as head of the Church and was executed for high treason in 1535 (3,6,4) |
| PITT | English statesman who brought the Seven Years' War to an end (4) |
| WYATT | Thomas ___ : English poet believed to be lover of Anne Boleyn ? (5) |
| CROMWELL | Thomas ___, chief minister to Henry VIII beheaded in 1540 (8) |
| SKELTON | John -, English poet and tutor to Henry VIII |
| UNTHINKINGLY | Two descriptions to apply to Henry VIII as a knee-jerk reaction? |
