| JAMESMADISON | Fourth American president. who led his country into war against the United Kingdom (5,7) |
| GALTIERI | General -, Argentinian president who led his nation into the Falklands War (8) |
| FIDELCASTRO | Who turned his country into the first communist state in the Western Hemisphere? (5,6) |
| BLITZ | German bombing campaign against the United Kingdom during World War Two, The (5) |
| CHORUS | Singers miss out fourth American refrain |
| PRIAM | Who was king of Troy during the war against the Greeks? (5) |
| CONTRAS | The anti-communist rebels who waged a guerrilla war against the Nicaraguan Sandinista government from 1979 to 1990 |
| REMAINER | One who voted against the UK leaving the European Union in 2016 (8) |
| NICKSIRIANNI | Eagles head coach who led his team to victory in the 2025 Super Bowl: 2 wds. |
| CHURCHILL | British prime minister who led his country from the brink of defeat in World War II to victory |
| VAUGHAN | Michael, former England cricket captain who led his country to victory in the Ashes in 2005 (7) |
| MANCINI | Roberto, Italian coach who led his country to victory in Euro 2020 at Wembley (7) |
| NKRUMAH | Kwame, Ghanaian nationalist leader who led his country to independence (7) |
| ENVER | ____ Hoxha, Albanian dictator who led his country from 1944-85 (5) |
| POLK | James K, U.S. President who led the country in the Mexican-American War (4) |
| IDOMENEUS | Cretan commander who led his armies into the Trojan War |
| WILSON | Woodrow ___, president who led the United States into World War I |
| ROOSEVELT | U.S. president who led the country through the Great Depression and World War II |
| GERONIMO | English name of the Apache chieftain Goyaa" (1829-1909), who led his people against Mexican and American settlers (8) |
| GARIBALDI | Italian hero, who led his "Thousand Redshirts" against the Austrians, d. 1882 (9) |
