| HEMP | He meets a politician with material for nets (4) |
| LIMP | At 50, I meet a politician with a disability (4) |
| ALTHEA | A lieutenant: he meets a lady |
| PHEASANT | Quiet, he meets a small worker with game bird |
| IMPS | Is there a politician with those little devils? (4) |
| HERE | He meets engineers in this place (4) |
| OBIT | He meets, comes in the way of |
| RETE | From Latin for "net", an anatomical word referring to any network or plexus of blood vessels or nerves (4) |
| WIFI | How I fish, holding what's needed for net? |
| RESEAU | From French for "net, web", a word for a fine mesh ground for lacework; or, a network of things, in particular spies or lines for reference in star photographs (6) |
| REVAMP | Minister meets a politician for overhaul |
| LUNGI | Breather one has with material for a loincloth (5) |
| BACKCLOTH | Returned with material for a bit of scenery (9) |
| MACADAMIA | With material for surfacing road one has a nut-tree (9) |
| STAMPDUTY | The good person, a politician, with the responsibility for a tax (5,4) |
| LIMPS | Little Sally meets a politician and they get lit up together (5) |
| LAMPS | Little Sally meets a politician and they get lit up together |
| POPULACE | Old man going to youth centre with material for the people (8) |
| SEWING | Working with material for broadcasting, we hear (6) |
| PALACE | Father with material for royal residence |
