| HAVEL | Dramatist who wrote the 1963 play The Garden Party and served as the first President of the Czech Republic (5) |
| MANSFIELD | New Zealand author of short stories including Bliss, Mr Reginald Peacock's Day, The Garden Party and A Cup of Tea (9) |
| MANDELA | He helped end apartheid in South Africa and served as the country's first Black president |
| THOMASPYNCHON | National Book Award winner who wrote the 1963 novel "V.": 2 wds. |
| WORKHORSE | 'The --', 1963 play by John Arden (9,6) |
| DONKEY | 'The --', 1963 play by John Arden (9,6) |
| LOVER | "The ....", 1963 play by Harold Pinter (5) |
| REYNOLDS | Sir Joshua -; painter who served as the first president of the Royal Academy of Arts (8) |
| AURIOL | Vincent ___, French politician who served as the first president of the Fourth Republic from 1947 to 1954 |
| EBERT | Friedrich ___, Social Democratic statesman who served as the first president of Germany (1919-25) (5) |
| SEAN | Parker who served as the first president of Facebook |
| PATRICELUMUMBA | Pan-Africanist who served as the first Prime Minister of the Democratic Republic of the Congo |
| COSSACK | Any of the free warriorpeasants of chiefly east Slavonic descent who lived in communes and served as cavalry under the tsars (7) |
| ARTHURTAPPAN | American businessman who co-founded the American Anti-Slavery Society in 1833 and served as its first president |
| FORREST | Confederate army officer who massacred Black Union troops at Fort Pillow and later served as the first grand wizard of the Ku Klux Klan |
| BETTYBOOTHROYD | Former Labour MP who served as the first female Speaker in the House of Commons (5,9) |
| TRYGVELIE | Norwegian Labour politician who served as the first Secretary General of the United Nations from 1946 to 1953 (6,3) |
| ALEXANDER | American Founding Father who served as the first US secretary of the treasury, _ Hamilton (9) |
| DAVY | Self-taught Cornish chemist who discovered several elements, invented a safety lamp for miners and served as president of the Royal Society from 1820-27 (4) |
| VACLAVHAVEL | The first President of the Czech Republic (6,5) |
