| ENVOY | Messenger, particularly a diplomat |
| ARCHANGEL | Heavenly messenger, particularly Gabriel (9) |
| PERICOPE | From "a cutting-out", a clipping or extract, particularly a passage from the Bible for reading in church (8) |
| FLEECES | Swindles or cheats (particularly a sucker in a card game) |
| AETHELING | Term used in Anglo-Saxon times to designate a person of noble birth, particularly a member of the royal house of Wessex (9) |
| ATHLETE | A sportsperson, particularly a competitor in track and field events (7) |
| PAPILIO | Latin word for a butterfly, particularly a blue Mormon, Chinese peacock, flying handkerchief, queen page, spicebush, Ulysses or related swallowtailed lepidopteran (7) |
| DOLMA | Turkish word for "something stuffed", particularly a cabbage or vine-leaf with a savoury farce/filling (5) |
| SUGO | From "juice", an Italian word for a sauce or salsa, particularly a passata-like pomodoro for pasta (4) |
| TOCCATA | A diplomat's skill is entertaining company with a turn, a musical piece |
| ACCREDIT | Authorise (a diplomat) to hold a post |
| ATTACHE | A diplomat may start such a case |
| AMBASSADOR | A married singer wanders road as a diplomat (10) |
| PERSONAGRATA | Fully acceptable person, such as a diplomat in a foreign country (7,5) |
| ATTACHED | Was connected to a diplomat, to a degree (8) |
| TEMPLE | Who was a US child film star, and later a diplomat, Shirley ... (6) |
| PLENIPOTENTIARY | A person, especially a diplomat, invested with full power to transact business (15) |
| RESIDENT | Did a diplomat live there with a new model? (8) |
| ENPOSTE | As a diplomat, in an official role in a specific location |
| INTACT | Perfect degree subject for a diplomat? (6) |
