| CONDOLEEZZARICE | White House advisor who'd like to be commissioner of the NFL |
| RAINIE | Stuart Highway's wife, who'd like to be a mum in EastEnders (6) |
| ESL | Class for someone who'd like to be bilingual (abbr.) |
| VANCE | 40 year-old politician who'd like to be 48? |
| SCOOTER | Nickname of former White House advisor I. Lewis Libby, Jr. |
| CONWAY | Kellyanne ___: controversial White House advisor. (6) |
| CALLTHESHOTS | Lead, like the commissioner of the NBA? |
| OWENS | Dame Lynne ___, first woman to be deputy commissioner of the Metropolitan police (5) |
| ODO | '--- of Bayeaux', probable commissioner of the Tapestry (3) |
| EVELYNCROMER | Which Greek scholar, as British commissioner of the Egyptian public debt office, directed the French |
| TRENCHARD | Commissioner of the Metropolitan Police who founded the police college at Hendon (9) |
| EUROSTAR | Train someone who'd like to make it big in the US, too? (8) |
| MATCHFORANYONE | There's no better way of asking who'd like to smoke! (5,3,6) |
| ADAMSILVER | Current commissioner of the National Basketball Association: 2 wds. |
| ROGERGOODELL | Current commissioner of the National Football League: 2 wds. |
| DICK | Cressida --, officer appointed Commissioner of the Metropolitan Police Service in 2017 (4) |
| REECE | - Kershaw, Commissioner of the Australian Federal Police (5) |
| DOMESDAYBOOK | The record of a survey of the land of England carried out by the commissioners of William I in 1086 (8,4) |
| WEIGHTLIFTERS | Athletes who'd like to have pounds more than their competitors (13) |
| RUER | One who'd like to forget, maybe |
