| TOWNCRIER | Formerly, an official who made public announcements (4,5) |
| CRIER | Formerly, an official who made public announcements (5) |
| ALMONER | Formerly, an official in a British hospital looking after social and material needs of patients |
| NULLIFIER | An official who can invalidate something (9) |
| MANIFESTO | Public announcement repeated in show ring clear round (9) |
| ADVERTISE | Make public announcement (9) |
| GRANDTOUR | Formerly, an extended journey through the major cities of Europe, especially one undertaken by a rich or aristocratic Englishman to complete his education |
| OPTOMETER | Formerly, an instrument for measuring the refractive power of the eye, used when prescribing corrective lenses (9) |
| TRIPOLIUM | Genus of sea aster (formerly an Aster species) - or tulip? I'm confused! (9) |
| TOWNCRIERS | Officials who once made public announcements (4,6) |
| HERALD | In the past, an officer who made public proclamations and arranged ceremonies (6) |
| CORONER | An official who holds inquests on those who have died from violence or accidents (7) |
| SCREENER | An official who checks people or bags in a security area, especially in an airport (8) |
| UMPIRE | An official who presides over a hockey, netball or tennis game |
| LICTOR | An official who carried the fasces |
| STARTER | An official who commences races |
| UMPTEEN | Many an official who may call out youth (7) |
| WHIP | An official who enforces discipline in a political party (4) |
| MACER | An official who carries a mace of office |
| ASSESSOR | An official who evaluates property for the purpose of taxing it (8) |
