| YOON | --- Suk Yeol, president of South Korea who assumed office in 2022 (4) |
| CASTILLO | Pedro __, Peruvian president forced from office in 2022 (8) |
| ANTHONY | ___ Albanese, Australian prime minister who took office in 2022 (7) |
| SMETANA | Czech composer encountered an article in support of Suk, primarily (7) |
| LEE | South Korean actor ___ Jong Suk |
| MOON | --- Jae-in, President of South Korea since 2017 (4) |
| RHEE | Syngman ___, president of South Korea from 1948-60 (4) |
| JOE | Vice president of the United States who assumed office in 2009 (3,5) |
| MACRON | Emmanuel - - -, President of France who assumed office in 2017 (6) |
| BIDEN | Vice President of the United States who assumed office in 2009 (5) |
| PARK | The first female president of South Korea (2013-17) |
| DAFT | _ Punk, French electronic duo who assumed robot personas and disguised their identities (4) |
| JHON | Currency unit of South Korea equal to one hundredth of a won (4) |
| IMRAN | First name of the former cricketer who assumed office as Pakistan's prime minister in 2018 (5) |
| CONTE | Giuseppe, prime minister of Italy who assumed office on June 1 2018 (5) |
| SIMONYTE | Prime Minister of Lithuania who assumed office on 25 November 2020 (7,8) |
| SANJOGGUPTA | Who assumed office as the ICC CEO in July 2025? (6,5) |
| YOONSUKYEOL | President of South Korea removed from office by the country's Constitutional Court in April 2025 (4,3,4) |
| KIAS | Cars of South Korea |
| MOONJAEIN | 19th and current president of South Korea, elected in May 2017 (4.3-2) |
