| THATCHER | Leader of Tories, developer of plans is a topping worker (8) |
| AND | Joiner is topping worker (3) |
| ICERS | Cupcake-topping workers |
| ERUPTION | No one perfect, including leader of Tories, on reflection, is rash |
| PALADINS | In case of plans getting changed, aid is arranged for knights of Charlemagne's court (8) |
| SCHEMATA | Matches a set of plans (8) |
| FOURTEEN | ____ Points, set of plans in 1918 by U.S. president Woodrow Wilson for a postwar peace settlement (8) |
| FLIPFLOP | Reversal of plans for mouthy type in party near Trim (4-4) |
| STORTING | 50% of Tories entering smart European parliament (8) |
| CONSUMES | Disposes of Tories with hesitant utterances about Europe (8) |
| OVERTHETOP | Obvious hope is misplaced about leader of Tories? It's excessive |
| GREATEN | Swell, once, a leader of Tories, eclipsed by another politician |
| TRICKIEST | Most complex expression of disgust in essays by leader of Tories (9) |
| DEVOUT | Seconds from admitting he overstepped lockdown rules, leader of Tories is committed |
| PROPAGATE | Spread for part of newspaper containing article by leader of Tories (9) |
| TWADDLING | Leader of Tories, walking like a duck and writing nonsense! (9) |
| DIVERTS | In grip of "loons", leader of Tories changes course |
| INTENDS | Means and what they are said to justify, in support of elected leader of Tories (7) |
| LAMENTABLE | Wretched Liberal willing to embrace leader of Tories (10) |
| REFUTE | Deny official EU backing for intervention by leader of Tories (6) |
