| MAO | Chinese leader who died in 1976 |
| CRIMMINS | Hawks captain who died in 1976, aged 28, Peter ... (8) |
| EVANS | Dame Edith, English actress who died in 1976 (5) |
| SIM | Alastair, Scottish actor who died in 1976 (3) |
| GETTY | J. Paul, U.S. oil executive and multi-millionaire who died in 1976 (5) |
| MAOZEDONG | Chairman of the Communist Party of China who died in 1976 (3,6) |
| CALDER | Alexander, American pioneer of kinetic art who died in 1976 (6) |
| HOWLINWOLF | Blues singer born Chester Burnett who died in 1976 (6,4) |
| DENG | Chinese leader who stepped down in 1989 |
| PENG | Li ____ was the Chinese leader who declared martial law in Beijing during the Tiananmen square protests (4) |
| CHAIRMAN | Title of the Chinese leader who was famed for his 'Little Red Book' (8,3) |
| OCHS | Phil ___, US protest singer of songs including 1965's 'I Ain't Marching Anymore'; died in 1976 (1,1,1,1) |
| AMIN | Exiled leader who died in 2003 in Saudi Arabia |
| MARCUS | Jamaican Pan-Africanist leader who died in London in 1940 (6,6) |
| RUDOLF | German Nazi leader who died in Spandau Prison, Berlin in 1987 (6,4) |
| BIKO | Steve ___, South African civil rights leader who died in Pretoria in 1977 (4) |
| HESS | Rudolf ___, German Nazi leader who died in Spandau Prison, Berlin in 1987 (4) |
| NAPOLEONBONAPARTE | French leader who died in exile on St Helena in 1821 (8,9) |
| STALIN | Leader who died in '53 |
| ARAFAT | PLO leader who died in 2004. (6) |
