| CURVEBALLS | Unexpected events and turn followed by former Labour minister (10) |
| PALTRY | Course in turn followed by test of poor quality (6) |
| FOOTWEAR | Maybe Oxford English preserved in campaign led by former Labour leader (8) |
| MERIT | Weary turn followed meathead's original strong point (5) |
| GYMNASTICS | Olympic sport in which women have four events and men have six (10) |
| FAIRYTALES | Stories for children involving magical events and imaginary creatures (5,5) |
| NICKIMINAJ | Singer who was detained by Dutch police at Schiphol Airport in Amsterdam on Saturday; she livestreamed the event, and was released a few hours later after paying a fine |
| PTAMEETING | After-school event ... and, literally, what takes place at this puzzle's circles |
| CLEANSWEEP | Can we sleep after seismic event and landslide? |
| EASYDOESIT | Approach cautiously at relaxed social event, and have chief executive take a seat |
| CHAINS | Restriction former Labour minister noticed in Civil Service (6) |
| MOMOWLAM | Former Labour minister sees member of parliament in NY gallery with spy chief |
| HAIN | Former Labour Minister freed from Civil Service shackles? (4) |
| SELLSHORT | Betray tight-knit group, we hear, with former Labour minister (4,5) |
| CROSSMAN | Richard ___, former Labour minister known for his revealing diaries (8) |
| JACKSTRAW | Former Labour minister who was MP for Blackburn (4,5) |
| STRAW | Former Labour minister: growth's returning! (5) |
| PETERHAIN | Former Anti-Apartheid Movement activist and Labour minister created a life peer in 2015 |
| NYERERE | President and Labour Minister of Health embraced the Queen twice (7) |
| EVAPERON | Argentina's de facto health and labour minister in the early 1950s |
