| MAYORESS | Public official might, arguably, at Roses 22 |
| LORDMAYOR | Elected official might, amongst gracious men |
| MAYOR | City official might, instead (5) |
| EQUERRY | Palace official might look queer on the railway (7) |
| INANYCASE | Where vigilant Customs official might look, however (2,3,4) |
| TRALEE | Unusually alert, at closing time, at Rose's place (6) |
| BEDSPREADS | Covers at Roses' place replaced drapes (10) |
| HIPPIES | Unconventional types who took food at Rose's joint (7) |
| MAYORAL | Might have spoken of a public official (7) |
| OMBUDSMAN | Term, borrowed from Sweden, for a public official who investigates bureaucracies on behalf of the public |
| NOTARY | Small number attempt to entertain a public official (6) |
| OATH | ___ of office (swearing in of a public official) |
| QUANGO | Semi-public official body (6) |
| CORNER | Trap heartless public official (6) |
| JACKINOFFICE | Lifting device serving a self-important public official |
| TSAR | Senior public official setting limits to this area, right? |
| JURAT | In Channel Islands, a magistrate or public official (5) |
| INTENDANT | Nurse and soldier give support to popular public official |
| IMPEACH | To charge a public official of misconduct while in office (7) |
| CORONER | Public official who holds enquiry into carcass of a death (7) |
