| OBAMA | Barry ___: A student who became president (5) |
| CRUMP | Barry ___, A Good Keen Man author (5) |
| PERON | Soldier who became president of Argentina (5) |
| ADAMS | Vice President John who became President |
| TAMBO | Oliver, South African politician who became president of the ANC in 1977 (5) |
| PUTIN | Former KGB agent who became president of Russia in 2012 |
| HAYES | Ohio governor who became president |
| LAURA | She was a student who got gold at the Royal Academy (5) |
| EASYA | Teen romcom starring Emma Stone as a student who gets into strife when her lies backfire (4,1) |
| NIXON | Eisenhower's vice president who later became president |
| HINES | Barry ____ was an author, best known for A Kestrel for a Knave |
| BRIAN | English opening batsman who played his entire county career, from 1958 to 1976, for Kent CCC, of which he later became president (5,9) (see 10D) |
| GRANT | Civil War Union general who later became president of the United States |
| HORNE | Barry ___, Everton 1995 FA Cup Final winner (5) |
| ASHBY | Barry ___, former Watford, Brentford and Gillingham defender (5) |
| EVANS | Barry ___, ex-eastender played by Shaun Williamson (5) |
| WHITE | Barry ___: Singer with deep romantic voice (5) |
| HOBAN | Barry ___, British cyclist; 1974 Gent-Wevelgem one-day race winner (5) |
| CRYER | Barry ___, comedian and writer who hosted the ITV comedy panel game Joker's Wild |
| ALLEN | Barry ___ (secret identity of the Flash) |