| BREZHNEV | Old leader of 19 Down missing as 11 haven demolished |
| IKE | Partial likeness of old leader of America (3) |
| LATETO | Missing, as the start of a party |
| EVERYDAY | After end of ride, pretty cyclist is missing, as usual |
| INTESTINE | Stupid, missing as crossing river or section of canal (9) |
| TWO | The end of the implement is missing as well (3) |
| USED | Old leader of the New York Times? (4) |
| TISHAHBAV | Fast-day set to involve one old leader of Iran's airline |
| SMIGHTPRISED | Kill old leader of soldiers with power |
| OMINOUS | Old leader of orchestra is boring, less threatening (7) |
| BRAIDE | Slam old leader of Empire - deceitful, considered historically |
| ACIDIC | Ill-natured old leader of Uganda featured in account |
| TALLORDER | Alert old leader of Russia making unreasonable demand (4,5) |
| COTIA | Spies capturing old leader of terrorists in Brazilian municipality (5) |
| CASTRO | Company or retired, old leader of a communist country (6) |
| BASSROCK | Old leader of country music's stony material (4,4) |
| HOUSEOFCOMMONS | Keeps nursing old leader of French general legislature (5,2,7) |
| PHARAONIC | As old leaders of poverty hit and repressively armed oil nation in crisis (9) |
| APOLLO | Any of a series of manned US spacecraft such as ... 11, that landed on the moon in 1969 (6) |
| RESPONDENT | One in court runs down missing leader |
