| OSWALDMOSLEY | Politician who became leader of the British Union of Fascists in the 1930s (6,6) |
| MOSLEY | Leader of the British Union of Fascists in the 1930s (6) |
| FARRAGO | Position of fascists in the past - it's a mixed bag |
| REESMOGG | Jacob, Conservative politician who became Leader of the House of Commons in 2019 (4,4) |
| POWELL | Lucy, politician who became leader of the House of Commons in 2024 (6) |
| OSWALD | Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster from 1929-30; founder of the British Union of Fascists in 1932 (6,6) |
| TIMOTHY | In the New Testament, a disciple of Paul who became leader of the Christian community at Ephesus (7) |
| AMOS | Valerie _, Baroness who became Leader of the House of Lords (2003-7) |
| LUXON | Businessman who became leader of the National Party in 2021 (5) |
| FREE | General de Gaulle became leader of the ... French Army in 1940, following the fall of his nation to the Germans |
| ANNASOUBRY | Former Tory MP who became leader of Change UK |
| JOHNSON | Boris - - -, became leader of the Conservative Party in July 2019 (7) |
| FATHOM | Understand leader of fascists, in briefly (6) |
| GADDAFI | He became leader of Libya in 1969 |
| SPODE | Roderick ___, leader of fascist group The Black Shorts in stories by P G Wodehouse (5) |
| AXIS | The _, the alliance of fascist Italy, Nazi Germany and Japan, first established in 1936 (4) |
| DUCE | Il ---, the title assumed by Benito Mussolini as leader of Fascist Italy (4) |
| ADANO | Sicilian town that lost a bell to Fascists, in literature |
| STY | The beastly pen of fascist youth in part (3) |
| ILDUCE | Title assumed by Benito Mussolini as leader of Fascist Italy (2,4) |
