### Clue: In political draft, article time after time referring to two parties (9)
### Answer: BILATERAL 
 ### Explanation: Definition: referring to two parties
 BILL(in politics, a draft of a proposed law presented to parliament for discussion) **containing**(In …) {A(an article in grammar) + [ERA(a long period of time) **placed below**(after, in down clue) T(abbrev. for "time")]}.