| DOCMARTENS | What boots Natasha's leadership inside the Democrats' party? (3,7) |
| SABOTAGE | What boots it to bring about destruction? |
| BRANDNAME | What boots may be in a different case? (5,4) |
| BOARDGAME | What boots may be in a different case? (5,4) |
| MAJORPARTIES | Examples of ___ include (a) the Democrats, (b) the Republicans, (c) keggers? |
| ILEX | One joining the Democrats it was the same for Virgil (4) |
| ASHDOWN | Paddy, leader of the Liberal Democrat Party in Britain from 1988-99 (7) |
| MARIA | Hsia, who was found guilty of making illegal contributions to the Democrats |
| BEDE | One of an ancient people turned up among the Democrats (4) |
| STATE | Safe ___ (New York, to the Democrats, e.g.) |
| DECADENT | Corrupt leader of the Democrats enacted amendment (8) |
| NAST | Cartoonist Thomas who created the Democrats' donkey |
| HART | Gary, U.S. politician who contested the Democrats' presidential nomination in 1980 (4) |
| DERRINGDO | Boldness going wrong in Democrat party |
| DORY | Democrat party leader departing in boat (4) |
| EMBLEM | The Democrats' donkey, for one |
| STEVENSON | Adlai ___ (1900 - 65), politician who was the Democrat candidate for the US Presidency in 1952 and 1956 (9) |
| DREAM | Cost out the Democrat's vision (5) |
| SEETHED | Notice the Democrat was agitated (7) |
| THUMPED | Upper-class politician embraced by the Democrat gets beaten (7) |