| ANDROPOV | Former chairman of the KGB and head of the Soviet Union, Yuri - - - (8) |
| BULGARIA | The KGB and the secret police of this Soviet-bloc nation were suspects in the death of Georgi Markov |
| LENIN | Russian revolutionary who was the first head of the Soviet Union (5) |
| SECRETAGENTS | KGB & CIA spies (6,6) |
| BERNANKE | Former chairman of the Fed |
| RIDSDALE | Peter ........ , former chairman of Leeds United, Barnsley, Cardiff and Preston (8) |
| MANDARIC | Milan ....... . former chairman of Portsmouth. Leicester City and Sheffield Wednesday (8) |
| SHEPHERD | Freddy ........, former chairman of Newcastle United (8) |
| RANARISK | Is this what former chairman of insurance firm did when it rains badly around Ark? (3,1,4) |
| ALLANHAWKE | Former Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Canberra Raiders (5,5) |
| RAND | Mark _ _ _ _ - former chairman of the Friends of the Settle-Carlisle Line (4) |
| CHRISPATTEN | Former Chairman of the Conservative Party who served as the last Governor of Hong Kong (1992-97) |
| PATTEN | Chris _, former Chairman of the Conservative Party who served as the last Governor of Hong Kong (1992-97) |
| GRANTSHAPPS | Former Chairman of the Conservative Party who has used the pseudonym Michael Green (5,6) |
| RIPPON | Angela ?, original presenter of BBC TV show Top Gear; former Chairman of the English National Ballet |
| LOUIS | Angela -, original presenter of BBC TV show Top Gear; former Chairman of the English National Ballet (6) |
| OMAR | Former Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Bradley |
| HORNE | Barry ..... , Wales midfielder 1987-97 and former chairman of the Professional Footballer's Association (5) |
| KHER | Anupam ___, Indian actor and the former Chairman of Film and Television Institute of India |
| GEORGE | 15th-century king of Bohemia and head of the Utraquist faction of the Hussites (6) |
