| JIANGQING | As a member of the Gang of Four, she was the most influential woman in the People's Republic of China (5,4) |
| YANGTZE | Greatest current asset in the People's Republic (7) |
| YEAH | Repeated word in the Fab Four's "She Loves You" |
| WILLIAMS | Shirley ---, politician who was one of the Gang of Four rebels who founded the Social Democratic Party in 1981 (8) |
| SHIRLEY | _ Williams, politician who was one of the Gang of Four rebels who founded the Social Democratic Party (7) |
| OWEN | David --, one of the 'Gang of Four' who broke away from the Labour Party in 1981 (4) |
| DROWN | Founder member of the "Gang of Four" dropping ecstasy (5) |
| GUARDIANS | ___ Of The Galaxy, first film to feature the gang of misfits of the title, with the voice of 14A as Groot (9) |
| THEODORA | Wife of Emperor Justinian I considered the most influential and powerful woman in the history of the Byzantine Empire |
| SCOOBY | With 58A and 70A, the famous cry of the titular member of the gang |
| CROWNCOLONY | Type of administration of a British overseas territory, such as Hong Kong before the 1997 handover to the Peoples' Republic of China |
| MURASAKISHIKIBU | Japanese novelist, poet, and lady-in-waiting from the Heian period who penned one of the most influential and widely read Japanese classical works: The Tale of Genji. |
| HUA | Premier who deposed the Gang of Four |
| SDP | Political party founded by the Gang of Four (3) |
| DAVID | Doctor and former Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs; one of the SDP'S original "gang of four" (5,4) |
| ELLINGTON | Duke ---, American composer, pianist and bandleader known as one of the most influential figures in jazz music (9) |
| ANNEHATHAWAY | Woman about whom very little is known, other than her marriage to one of the most influential figures in English literature (4,8) |
| USSR | Locale of a 1991 coup attempt by the Gang of Eight, in brief |
| LEEIS | The punk band Gang of Four formed when they met at university in which UK city? (5) |
| HUNAN | Founder of the People's Republic of China, Mao Zedong was born in which province of China? (5) |
