| POLPOT | Cambodian communist leader of the Khmer Rouge (3,3) |
| TITO | Communist leader of the highest quality stripped of all power (4) |
| 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) |
| LONNOL | Cambodian leader ousted by the Khmer Rouge |
| ANGKOR | Capital of the Khmer Empire from 9th-15th centuries (6) |
| CAMBODIA | Country ruled by the Khmer Rouge from 1975 to 1979 (8) |
| KAMPUCHEA | Name given to Cambodia under the Khmer Rouge |
| LAOS | Former province of the Khmer Empire(4) |
| ATTACK | Briefly join Khmer leader for raid (6) |
| MOK | Notorious Khmer Rouge leader also known as Brother Number Five or the Butcher, Ta ... |
| KILLINGFIELDS | The ------ ~----, 1984 film about Cambodia's Khmer Rouge regime (7,6) |
| JEWELINTHECROWN | Angkor Wat vis-a-vis the Khmer Empire |
| NOL | Khmer Rouge foe Lon |
| EGON | ___ Krenz, last Communist leader of East Germany |
| LENIN | Russian communist leader of yore |
| CEAUSESCU | Last Communist leader of Romania, executed by firing squad in 1989 (9) |
| MAO | Communist leader of China |
| KHMER | Cambodian communist group, ... Rouge |
| ROUGE | The Cambodian communist party which seized power in 1975 (5,5) |
