| PORTAUPRINCE | Where father-and-son Duvaliers occupied a presidential palace |
| KABUL | Site of a presidential palace called the Arg |
| HOLYSEE | Rome presidential palace facade scratched for a laugh (4,3) |
| PAGODA | Temple where father is filled with a divine spirit (6) |
| LAPAZ | Site of Evo Morales' Presidential Palace |
| DAKAR | Home of Senegal's presidential palace |
| ARG | Presidential palace in Kabul, Afghanistan (3) |
| ELYSEE | Presidential palace in France (6) |
| NEWDELHI | India's presidential palace is in this city (3,5) |
| ICELAND | NATO member country whose presidential palace is Bessastadir (7) |
| BUENOSAIRES | Capital city in which the presidential palace Casa Rosada is located (6,5) |
| PLOY | Word for an activity, affair, doings, hobby or pastime with which one is occupied; a frolic for one's amusement; a gambit or tactic in a conversation or game; or, any calculated plan (4) |
| LONGTIME | Having occupied a position for a number of years (4-4) |
| COTTER | Villein who occupied a house and land in return for labour |
| ARMENIA | Where Father Christmas is called Gaghant Baba |
| SANTACRUZ | Where Father Christmas goes on holiday, reportedly? (5,4) |
| PERUSE | Study where Father digests The Independent (6) |
| PRIESTSHOLE | Where father hid pistols? Here, possibly |
| ERFURT | German town where father in fact has returned |
| PARSONAGE | Family members are getting on, embracing right where father lives |
