| POLPOT | Cambodian communist dictator (1976-9) born Saloth Sar in 1925 (3,3) |
| MAORIS | Indigenous people rebel endlessly under Communist dictator (6) |
| STALIN | Communist dictator (6) |
| FRANCK | César -, Liège-born composer |
| PRAVIN | Hero of Sars got publicity ... and a French wine (6) |
| CORONA | Part of SARS-CoV-2 |
| POL | Cambodian communist leader born in Prek Sbauv, near Kompong Thom, in 1925 (3,3) |
| POT | Cambodian communist leader born in Prek Sbauv, near Kompong Thom, in 1925 (3,3) |
| KHMERROUGE | The Cambodian communist party which seized power in a civil war in 1975 |
| KHMER | Cambodian communist guerrilla force which gained control in 1975 (5,5) |
| ROUGE | Cambodian communist guerrilla force which gained control in 1975 (5,5) |
| MCCAFFREY | Jim ........., Huddersfield winger signed from Mansfield in 1976 (9) |
| HITCHCOCK | Director whose last film was Family Plot in 1976 (9) |
| STAIRCASE | Keith Jarrett, going up in 1976 (9) |
| AFFECTION | Love And ____, song by Joan Armatrading released in 1976 (9) |
| TEXTEDITOR | Creator of files communist dictator got about former fifties Youth Resistance |
| MENGISTU | ___ Haile Mariam (b.1937), former communist dictator of Ethiopia (8) |
| ROMANIAN | Nationality of communist dictator Nicolae Ceau?escu (8) |
| COVINGTON | Julie, singer noted for the original version of Don't Cry For Me Argentina in 1976 (9) |
| ENNUI | Emotion in "Inside Out 2" who opens up a "sar-chasm" in Riley's mind |
