| SMOKER | Barbara ___, activist who was President of the National Secular Society from 1971 to 1996 |
| GANDHI | Mahatma _, activist who led the campaign for India's independence from British rule (6) |
| BETTY | American feminist writer and activist who was the first president of the National Organization for Women (5,7) |
| FRIEDAN | American feminist writer and activist who was the first president of the National Organization for Women (5,7) |
| ZAIRE | The name of the Democratic Republic of the Congo from 1971 to 1997 (5) |
| CHARLTONHESTON | "Planet of the Apes" actor who was president of the Screen Actors Guild, 1965-1971: 2 wds. |
| HILLEL | Rabbi, born in Babylonia, who was president of the Sanhedrin and the first to formulate principles of biblical interpretation |
| TUSK | Donald, prime minister of Poland who was president of the European Council from 2014 to 2019 (4) |
| HAYS | Will H, US politician who was president of the Motion Picture Producers and Distributors of America from 1922 to 1945 (4) |
| ARTHUR | President of the National Union of Mineworkers from 1982 to 2002 (6,8) |
| SCARGILL | President of the National Union of Mineworkers from 1982 to 2002 (6,8) |
| BREZHNEV | Who was President of the USSR from 1977 to 1982? (8) |
| PECK | Gregory, actor who was president of the Motion Picture Academy from 1967 to 1970 (4) |
| TAMBO | Oliver, South African politician who was president of the ANC from 1967 to 1991 (5) |
| ALEXCARLILE | Former LibDem MP for Montgomeryshire who was President of the Howard League for Penal Reform from 2006 to 2013 |
| NYLE | ___ DiMarco model and deaf activist who was the winner of season 22 of Dancing With The Stars |
| SALE | Word which when followed by Of The Century gives the title of an ITV game show which ran from 1971 to 1983 (4) |
| TONY | The late ... Benn, a former Labour Cabinet Minister, was President of the Thomas Paine Society, which is dedicated to Thetford's famous son (4) |
| IDIAMIN | Ugandan military officer who served as the country's president from 1971 to 1979 (3,4) |
| BRIGHT | John, 19c radical British statesman who was President of the Board of Trade 1868-70 (6) |
