| COCHISE | Chiricahua Apache chief who died in 1874 (7) |
| GERONIMO | Chiricahua Apache leader who died in 1909 (8) |
| WINSTON | First name of the prime minister born at Blenheim Palace in 1874 who later lived at Chartwell and delivered his "finest hour" speech in 1940 (7) |
| HOUDINI | Harry ?, escapologist born Erik Weiss in Budapest in 1874 (7) |
| PONTIAC | Native American chief who led a struggle against the British around the Great Lakes in the 1760s (7) |
| TRASHED | Intoxicated Time news chief who acts before thinking? (7) |
| APOLOGY | Winner of the Oaks Stakes at Epsom Downs in 1874 (7) |
| SERVICE | Robert W. ___, writer born in 1874 dubbed 'The Canadian Kipling' (7) |
| MAHOMES | Patrick ___ quarterback from the 2020 Super Bowl-winning team Kansas City Chiefs who is the MVP from Super Bowl LIV |
| APACHETRIBE | Chiricahua or Mescalero, e.g. |
| APACHE | Jicarilla, Mescalero and Chiricahua are divisions of which North American people? (6) |
| OSAGE | Indian goes wild, capturing Apaches' chief |
| SITTINGBULL | Native American chief who led the Sioux in the Battle of the Little Bighorn (7,4) |
| CRAZYHORSE | Sioux chief who helped defeat Custer at Little Bighorn and who was killed in custody a year later (5,5) |
| BOMBERHARRIS | Nickname of the Second World War RAF commander-in-chief who oversaw attacks on Berlin and Nuremberg in 1944 |
| ADMIRALRANGE | Navy commander in chief who supervises the galley? |
| JAYALALITHA | AIADMK chief who passed away in December 2016 |
| SHAKA | African chief who founded the Zulu empire in 1816 (5) |
| REARADMIRAL | Naval chief who guards the stern? (4,7) |
| CHURCHILL | British prime minister who was born at Blenheim Palace in 1874 (7,9) |
