| CLEMENTINE | Winston Churchill's wife's first name (10) |
| VICKI | Gotham City journalist Vale (and my wife's first name) |
| SANDRA | PICTURE C What is his wife's first name? (6) |
| ONEWHOCANT | Winston Churchill's description of a fanatic, part 1 |
| WIRING | I call wife first for electrical job (6) |
| WHOEVER | Anyone, though, would put wife first |
| UXORIAL | Wife's first to leave funeral ceremony, recalling old times inwardly |
| CLOUGH | Victorian poet who penned the verse-novel Amours de Voyage and worked as an assistant to his wife's first cousin, Florence Nightingale (6) |
| RANDOLPH | First name of Winston Churchill's father and son (8) |
| QUEEN | Related to "bold impudent woman", a word for a wife first, later a female sovereign ruler; a presiding goddess; a king's consort; or, the most powerful chess piece (5) |
| OLDHAM | Winston Churchill's first constituency as an MP |
| THEFEW | Alluding to Winston Churchill's "Never in the field of human conflict" speech, name given to RAF pil |
| CIGAR | Winston Churchill's trademark |
| CHARTWELL | Winston Churchill's Kent home |
| BLENHEIMPALACE | Winston Churchill's birthplace |
| BOERWAR | Subject of Winston Churchill's "London to Ladysmith via Pretoria" |
| BLENHEIM | ___ Palace, Winston Churchill's birthplace (8) |
| HARROW | Winston Churchill's alma mater |
| POODLE | Winston Churchill's dog Rufus, for one (6) |
| JOHNNIEWALKER | Winston Churchill's favourite brand of whisky (7,6) |