| PETERS | Winston ___, former politician (6) |
| CHURCHILL | Winston _, former prime minister (9) |
| OPIK | Lembit _, former politician (4) |
| BALLS | Ed ___, former politician (5) |
| BRANDRETH | Gyles _, former politician who is a contributor to The One Show (9) |
| EXEMPT | Grant immunity to former politician in vacant employment (6) |
| POWELL | Former politician effectively chasing work in retirement (6) |
| ATTLEE | Former politician keeping dry in a shelter (6) |
| ARNOLD | _ Schwarzenegger, actor and former politician (6) |
| GEORGE | _ _ _ _ _ _ Osborne, former politician (6) |
| HARDIE | Keir, former politician (6) |
| BOLGER | Former politician (3,6) |
| GLENDA | _Jackson, late award-winning actress and former politician (6) |
| ANGELA | --- Merkel, German former politician (6) |
| KILROY | Robert _-Silk, former politician (6) |
| CURRIE | Edwina, novelist, broadcaster and former politician (6) |
| STEVEN | - Joyce, former politician (6) |
| ROBERT | Former politician and daytime TV chat-show host, _ Kilroy-Silk (6) |
| NICOLA | ___ Sturgeon, Scottish former politician who passed her driving test aged 53 (6) |
| GANDHI | Former politician's good with greeting |
