| NKRUMAH | Kwame, Ghanaian nationalist leader who led his country to independence (7) |
| MANCINI | Roberto, Italian coach who led his country to victory in Euro 2020 at Wembley (7) |
| VAUGHAN | Michael, former England cricket captain who led his country to victory in the Ashes in 2005 (7) |
| CHURCHILL | Prime minister of Great Britain who led his country to victory (last name; 9) |
| BRITTEN | Composer wants his country to hear (7) |
| REFUGEE | He leaves his country to be protected by another (7) |
| JAMESMADISON | Fourth American president. who led his country into war against the United Kingdom (5,7) |
| ENVER | ____ Hoxha, Albanian dictator who led his country from 1944-85 (5) |
| SADDAMHUSSEIN | Which army general led his country from 1979 until deposed in 2003? (6,7) |
| CORBYN | Jeremy, Labour politician who led his party from 2015 to 2020 (6) |
| LORDIVANHOE | Calypsonian who led His Caribbean Knights (4,7) |
| KENYATTA | Uhuru ---, African politician whose father, Jomo, also led his country |
| FRANCISCOFRANCO | Spanish Nationalist leader who ruled his country for thirty-six years until 1975 (9,6) |
| KHOMEINI | Ruhollah, Iranian cleric who led his country's revolution of 1979 that overthrew the Shah (8) |
| COLIN | ___ McRae all-time great rally driver who led his team to 3 consecutive World Rally Championship Manufacturers' titles |
| NICKSIRIANNI | Eagles head coach who led his team to victory in the 2025 Super Bowl: 2 wds. |
| IDOMENEUS | Cretan commander who led his armies into the Trojan War |
| GARIBALDI | Italian hero, who led his "Thousand Redshirts" against the Austrians, d. 1882 (9) |
| GALTIERI | General -, Argentinian president who led his nation into the Falklands War (8) |
| ARISTIDES | Ancient Athenian statesman and general, who led his Antiochis tribe at the battle of Marathon |
