| ROTTENBOROUGHS | UK constituencies abolished by the 1832 Reform Act (6,8) |
| ROTTENBOROUGH | One of 56 English parliamentary constituencies with between only seven and 42 voters, abolished by the 1832 Reform Act (6,7) |
| IMP | All UK constituencies have this troublemaker |
| IMPEACH | What UK constituencies have to prosecute? (7) |
| GERRYMANDERING | Division of the constituencies of a voting area to give one party an unfair advantage |
| BOYAR | Member of the old aristocracy of Russia ranking just below a prince, abolished by the reforms of Peter the Great (1672-1725) |
| MAYDAY | Holiday abolished by the Puritans and reirstated after Charles II became king in 1660 (3.3) |
| REFORM | The 1832 ____ Act extended the franchise in Britain, especially in industrial towns |
| OLDSARUM | One of the most notorious of Britain's 'rotten boroughs', ended by the Reform Act of 1832 (3,5) |
| GREY | Whig politician whose term as prime minister saw the passage of the Reform Act and the abolition of slavery throughout the British Empire (4) |
| STRELITZ | Soldier of Muscovite guards abolished by Peter the Great (8) |
| TEACHEST | The caste system abolished by a wooden container (3,5) |
| EARLGREY | The 2nd ___, a Whig politician, presided over the passage of the first Reform Act (4,4) |
| IRS | Agency that was affected by the Tax Reform Act of 1986: Abbr. |
| BALZAC | French writer of the 1832 novel Louis Lambert (6) |
| OLDHABITSDIEHARD | Traditions persist? Roughly a third abolished by end of period |
| ISRAELI | National day’s abolished by prime minister |
| EARLOFDERBY | Prime minister who brought in the Second Reform Act |
| JAMESBOWIE | Soldier and pioneer who was a hero of the 1832-36 Texas Revolution: 2 wds. |
| LITERATE | Well-read youngsters briefly absorbing Education Reform Act (8) |
