| SHARANBURROW | In 2000, who was elected the second female president of the ACTU? (6,6) |
| CONNOLLY | Who. in 2025. was elected the 10th President of Ireland? (8) |
| GIELGUD | British actor and theatre director, 1904-2000, who was knighted in 1953 (7) |
| BATEMAN | Surname of the contestant on the first ever series of Big Brother in 2000 who became known as Nasty Nick (7) |
| ERLING | ____ Haaland, Norwegian striker born in 2000 who plays for Borussia Dortmund FC (6) |
| VENETIA | ____ Williams, in 2009 became the second female trainer of a Grand National winner (7) |
| TITANE | 2021 horror movie for which Julia Ducournau became the second female director to win the Palme d'Or |
| GAILDEVERS | The second female athlete to successfully defend a 100m Olympic title |
| CASSON | Director of architecture at the Festival of Britain who was elected president of the Royal Academy in 1976 and illustrated the Prince of Wales' The Old Man of Lochnagar (6) |
| ANNIEBESANT | British-born theosophist, writer and political reformer who was the first female president of the Indian National Congress (5,6) |
| NEHRU | His sister, Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit, was the first female president of the U.N. General Assembly |
| JFK | Initials of the US president who was elected at age 43 in 1960 |
| MARYMCALEESE | In 1997 ____ became the first female president to succeed a female president (of a nation) |
| AQUINO | First female president of the Philippines |
| BENJONES | Actor who was elected to the House of Representatives after playing Cooter on The Dukes of Hazzard: 2 wds. |
| FDR | Initials of the US president who was elected four times |
| ANGELA | ____ Rayner, Labour politician who was elected deputy leader of the party in 2020 (6) |
| ROCKEFELLER | Judith Rodin was the first female president of this US philanthropic organisation, the ... Foundatio |
| LIDIA | Tejada who was the first female president of Bolivia |
| VITALI | ____ Klitschko, Ukrainian former heavyweight boxer who was elected mayor of Kyiv in 2014 (6) |
