| SHOWTRIAL | A court hearing designed for political or propaganda purposes (4,5) |
| RISE | Verb heard before a court hearing |
| MILL | Word after paper, pepper, or propaganda |
| TRACT | Piece of property or propaganda |
| BRIEFCASE | Way for lawyer's papers to be conveyed for short court hearing (9) |
| ALLY | A state united with another by treaty for political or military purposes (4) |
| CANTON | Subdivision of a country established for political or administrative purposes (6) |
| ANSCHLUSS | Political or economic union, especially the annexation of Austria by Germany in 1938 (9) |
| OLIGARCHS | In modern Russia, business entrepreneurs with significant political or media influence (9) |
| EXTREMISM | The holding of fanatical views, especially in the political or religious sphere (9) |
| EXTREMIST | One who holds hardline political or religious views outside the mainstream (9) |
| FAIRTRIAL | Properly conducted court hearing (4,5) |
| INTERNEE | One put in prison for political or military reasons, usually during a war (8) |
| PLATFORM | From "ground plan" , 'flat shape", a raised level, surface of planks etc, such as a stage for speakers, a place for mounting guns, the floor of a bus or a pavement for rail passengers; or, a basis of |
| CARTEL | Organisation for political or market control (6) |
| INTERNMENT | Imprisonment for political or military reasons |
| ASSASSIN | One murders for political or monetary reasons (8) |
| SABOTEUR | One who destroys another's property for political or military advantage (8) |
| CRUSADER | Vigorous campaigner for political or social change (8) |
| GEO | Prefix for "political" or "thermal" |
