| Rating | Solver | Clue |
|---|---|---|
| LEGISLATORS | Politicians | |
| COUNCILLORS | Local politicians | |
| SENATORS | US politicians | |
| INDEPENDENTS | Nonaligned politicians | |
| CONGRESSMEN | US politicians | |
| TORIES | English politicians | |
| MINISTERS | Looks after politicians | |
| ADMINISTERS | Directs commercial with politicians | |
| IMPS | Local politicians following Independent troublemakers | |
| LEADERS | Dealers in trouble with politicians | |
| STATESMEN | US soldiers become distinguished politicians | |
| ANSWER | Politicians were holding the key | |
| NUMBERS GAME | Anaesthetists ready and willing for politicians’ manipulation | |
| INVENTORIES | Supplies conservative politicians after five, collected by nine awkwardly | |
| POLITIZE | To play the politician; to dispute as politicians do. | |
| ROUND | An assembly; a group; a circle; as, a round of politicians. | |
| KNOT | A cluster of persons or things; a collection; a group; a hand; a clique; as, a knot of politicians. | |
| EXCLUSIONIST | One who would exclude another from some right or privilege; esp., one of the anti-popish politicians of the time of Charles II. | |
| AGITATE | To revolve in the mind, or view in all its aspects; to contrive busily; to devise; to plot; as, politicians agitate desperate designs. | |
| JUNTO | A secret council to deliberate on affairs of government or politics; a number of men combined for party intrigue; a faction; a cabal; as, a junto of ministers; a junto of politicians. | |