| RINGSIDESEAT | Group representing the opposition in The House is closest to the fight (8,4) |
| MONDAY | Group representing the UK at this year's Eurovision Song Contest (8,6) |
| REMEMBER | Group representing the UK at this year's Eurovision Song Contest (8,6) |
| HAN | World's largest ethnic group, representing about 18% of the global population |
| RCUNPASTORAL | Narrow-minded leader of opposition in the island |
| FEELHOMESICK | Sense The House is recalling bank's confidence trick? I miss the old digs, in a nostalgic way, living abroad! (4,8) |
| PRESIDENTIAL | Quiet about the house is what Trump rarely is (12) |
| BALANCEDDIET | Good eating if the house is evenly divided? (8,4) |
| CLASSROOM | Group in The House is childish and is bound to be taught a lesson (9) |
| PERIAPSIS | Point in the path of an orbiting body at which it is closest to the body that it orbits (9) |
| PERIGEE | Point where the Moon is closest to the Earth (7) |
| HIGHTIDE | Time when the sea is closest to the shore (4,4) |
| MAN | "A ___ in the house is worth two in the street." (Mae West) (3) |
| BIMINI | Bahamian island which is closest to the US (6) |
| EASTERNMOST | Festival - new on Second Street - is closest to the rising sun (11) |
| EQUINOX | Point at which Earth's equator is closest to the sun; this occurs twice every year |
| BLINDSIDE | Part of a rugby scrum which is closest to the touchline (5,4) |
| APSIS | Either of the points in the elliptical orbit of a planet or comet where it is closest to or furthest from the sun |
| THESTREET | Mae West suggested, "A man in the house is worth two in ..." (3,6) |
| INMOST | Elected majority is closest to the centre |
