| ALBANESE | Anthony, Australian politician who became his country's prime minister in 2022 (8) |
| MORRISON | Scott, Australian politician who became prime minister in 2018 (8) |
| EMMANUEL | ____ Macron, French politician who became his country's president in 2017 (8) |
| TUDMAN | Franjo, Croatian politician who became his country's first president (6) |
| LAPAGLIA | Anthony ---, Australian Without A Trace star (8) |
| HAWKE | Bob, Australian politician who served as his country's prime minister from 1983 to 1991 (5) |
| PARKES | Name an Australian politician who contributed much to Australian federation. Sir Henry ... (6) |
| VORSTER | John, South African politician born in 1915 who served as his country's prime minister and president (7) |
| DISRAELI | Copper imprisoning country's prime minister (8) |
| IGNACYJANPADEREWSKI | Polish pianist and composer who served as his country's prime minister |
| NIKITA | ___ Khrushchev, Soviet leader who became his country's first head of state to visit the U.S. in 1959 (6) |
| HIDEKITOJO | Japanese soldier and statesman who served as his country's prime minister from 1941 to 1944 (6,4) |
| MELONI | Giorgia ___, Italian politician who became prime minister in 2022 (6) |
| CHAMORRO | Violeta, politician who became president of Nicaragua in 1990 (8) |
| KHOMEINI | Ruhollah, Iranian cleric who led his country's revolution of 1979 that overthrew the Shah (8) |
| REESMOGG | Jacob, Conservative politician who became Leader of the House of Commons in 2019 (4,4) |
| ISR | Abbr. for windsurfer Gal Fridman, who recently became his country's first Olympic gold medalist |
| ITALY | EU country in which Mario Draghi resigned as prime minister in 2022 (5) |
| LIZ | Truss who was very briefly U.K. prime minister in 2022 |
| TRUSS | Liz _, briefly British Prime Minister in 2022 (5) |
