| UNIONIST | Ulster --- Party, political party founded in Northern Ireland in 1905 (8) |
| STANFORD | Private co-educational university founded in northern California in 1885, closely involved with the creation of Silicon Valley (8) |
| ORIGINALS | Nickname of the first fully representative New Zealand team to tour the UK and Ireland, in 1905 (9) |
| SINNFEIN | Irish republican political party founded in 1905 (4,4) |
| CONGRESS | Indian political party founded in 1885 (8) |
| FINEGAEL | Republic of Ireland political party founded in 1933, led by Leo Varadkar since 2017 |
| ATHENIAN | Three articles about Northern Ireland in Greek! (8) |
| INSOLENT | England lost Northern Ireland in mix-up? How cheeky! (8) |
| WORKEDUP | Being overly animated with Labour meeting English leader at Ulster party (6,2) |
| SHAKENUP | Transformed small fish for leaders from new Ulster party (6,2) |
| LOCKEDUP | Philosopher joins Ulster party? Should be put away! |
| PANTHERS | Popular name for the political party founded by Bobby Seale and Huey P. Newton (5,8) |
| PLATFORM | Party political programme |
| LIBERAL | British political party founded in 1859 and dissolved in 1988 (7) |
| FIANNAFAIL | Irish political party founded in 1926 by Eamon de Valera (6,4) |
| INKATHA | South African political party founded in 1975 mainly supported by Zulus (7) |
| ALBA | Pro-independence Scottish political party founded in March (4) |
| LIKUD | Right-wing Israeli political party founded in 1973 under the leadership of Menachem Begin (5) |
| LIBDEM | Supporter of a UK political party founded in 1988 (abbr) (3-3) |
| LABOUR | Israeli political party founded in 1968 whose first leader was Levi Eshkol (6) |
