| REDRAG | Socialist paper that - according to Spooner - doesn't get Keir Starmer? |
| HOTCROSSBUNS | Spiced fruit baked treats traditionally served at Easter that, according to an old rhyme, should be given to sons in the absence of daughters (3,5,4) |
| CUCKOO | Bird, that according to tradition, can be heard between St Tiburtius' Day (April 14) to St John's Day (June 24) (6) |
| GORSE | From "stand on end, bristle", "barley" and "hedgehog", the prickly evergreen furze or whin that, according to folklore, when in bloom with golden papilionaceous flowers, kissing is said to be in seaso |
| GRAMMAR | Pound each way put on gee-gee? Half that according to rule book |
| COCKROACH | Insect that, according to a popular belief, could survive a nuclear apocalypse |
| CATS | Pets that, according to a meme, can have a little salami as a treat |
| SAVING | Is Keir Starmer like a household appliance? (6-6) |
| LABOUR | Is Keir Starmer like a household appliance? (6-6) |
| SKIER | Keir Starmer initially trained as athlete |
| INSURANCEBROKER | Policy advisor of Keir Starmer discontented once urban regeneration is required (9,6) |
| PMS | Keir Starmer and others, for short |
| LABOURPARTY | Organisation led by Keir Starmer (6,5) |
| LYRE | Chelys-like ancient musical instrument that, according to Greek mythology, was invented by Hermes and played by Apollo and Orpheus (4) |
| POT | A handmade piece of earthenware; or, a vessel such as a casserole, cauldron, crucible or marmite that, according to an old proverb, never boils if watched (3) |
| ISRAEL | Country that, according to its tourist bureau, has the highest number of museums per capita |
| SURFERGIRL | 1963 Beach Boys hit that according to Brian Wilson was his first composition: 2 wds. |
| PEEPINGTOM | 1960 thriller that, according to Martin Scorsese, showed how "the act of making movies can be perverse" |
| CHEESE | Dairy food that, according to old phrases/sayings, contrasts with chalk and constitutes the Moon (6) |
| GUTTER | Rainwater channel that, according to Oscar Wilde, we're all in, but some of us are looking at the stars (6) |
