| GIVEAPARTY | Celebrate formation of political group? (4,1,5) |
| GAVEAPARTY | Celebrate formation of political group? (4,1,5) |
| HAVEAPARTY | Celebrate formation of political group? (4,1,5) |
| PARTYLINE | Fixed policy of political group |
| LIBERAL | Broad-minded description of political group (7) |
| CARTELISTS | Members of political group react badly - combat ensues |
| PARTY | Convivial gathering of political group (5) |
| ART | Skill of political group expelling extremists |
| HEARTY | Chap replacing leader of political group is very enthusiastic (6) |
| THEPARTYSOVER | Announcement of political group's demise, the money having run out? |
| PHALANX | A formation of ancient Greek warriors with interlocking shields; or, by extension, a dense body of soldiers; a crowd; a bone of a finger or toe; or, a bundle of stamens (7) |
| LAYOUT | The arrangement or plan of something ; the format of a printed page; a formation of cards in patience; or, a configuration of dominoes (6) |
| AMITOSIS | The direct method of cell division characterized by simple division of the nucleus without formation of chromosomes. |
| HAHN | Kurt ___; founder of Gordonstoun and Outward Bound who was key in the formation of the Duke of Edinburgh's Award Scheme (4) |
| RAIN | Believed to fall in the form of diamonds on Saturn and Jupiter, precipitation involved in the formation of opals and phenomena in the form of spectral arcs (4) |
| NEEDLES | Formation of chalk stacks off the west coast of the Isle of Wight |
| STARBURSTS | Patterns of lines radiating from light sources; or, periods of intense galactic activity involving the formation of stellar objects (10) |
| ONOMATOPOEIA | Formation of a word by imitation of the sound of what it describes (12) |
| SEAFLOORSPREADING | Formation of new areas of oceanic crust |
| ACQUAINTEDWITH | Aware of formation of the aquatic wind (10,4) |
