| ERNEST | ___ Marples, UK transport minister who oversaw Britain's entry into the motorway age (6) |
| BARBARACASTLE | Transport minister who oversaw the introduction of breathalysers and compulsory seat belts |
| HARLEM | A two-sided entry into the border of the Cotton Club scene (6) |
| FRAZER | Lucy _ _ _ _ _ _ - MP who served as Transport Minister for just seven weeks under the ill-fated Truss administration in autumn 2022 (6) |
| BIGBEN | Popular name for the Great Bell of the Great Clock of Westminster, named after the politician who oversaw its installation (3,3) |
| PETAIN | Philippe, French general who oversaw victory at Verdun in WWI and led the Vichy government in WWII (6) |
| CLOUGH | Brian, Nottingham Forest manager who oversaw two consecutive European Cup triumphs in 1979 and 1980 (6) |
| LEBRIS | Regis ___, coach who oversaw Sunderland's promotion to the Premier League in 2025 (2,4) |
| RODINO | Peter who oversaw the Nixon impeachment hearings |
| PIUSIX | Pope who oversaw the First Vatican Council |
| ATHENA | Goddess who oversaw the Argo's construction |
| AGATHA | _ Christie, Miss Marple's creator (6) |
| GORDONBROWN | British prime minister who oversaw the world's first Climate Change Act in 2008 (6,5) |
| TWEEDY | Like Jane Marple's wardrobe |
| HOREBELISHA | Leslie **** - ******* , transport minister who began pedestrian crossing beacons in 1934 (4-7) |
| GLENDAJACKSON | Actress and MP who was a Transport Minister from 1997-99, and who died in June (6, 7) |
| HIGHWAYMAN | Transport minister who said, "Stand and deliver!"? (10) |
| GAINSACCESS | Gets entry into the plot of scenic sagas (5,6) |
| SAFETYCAR | One's entry into the race comes about by accident (6,3) |
| WADE | Commander of the troops sent into Scotland against the Jacobites who oversaw the construction of some 250 miles of roads and 40 bridges across the Highlands (4) |
