| HONECKER | Erich ?, head of state of East Germany from 1976-89 |
| AMIN | Idi ?, head of state of Uganda from 1971-79 |
| MENGISTU | Army officer who was head of state of Ethiopia from 1977 to 1991 (8) |
| CAMBODIA | Nation known as Kampuchea from 1976-89 |
| SCHNAPPS | School is out? Head of Physics coming in for drink (8) |
| ANDROPOV | Yuri _, head of state of the Soviet Union (1983-84) |
| OSTMARKS | Western name for monetary units of East Germany (8) |
| STASI | The state security service of East Germany from 1950 to 1990 (5) |
| KAMPUCHEA | Name of Cambodia from 1976-89 (9) |
| TARABA | State of east Nigeria created out of the former Gongola State in 1991; capital, Jalingo (6) |
| NORIEGA | Manuel ___, military leader; de facto head of state of Panama from 1983-89 (7) |
| ERICH | First name of Mr Honecker, who led East Germany from 1971 to 1989 (5) |
| HIDALGO | Small state of east central Mexico immediately north of Mexico City; capital, Pachuca de Soto (7) |
| MAO | First head of state of the People's Republic of China |
| APICULTURE | Managing workers? Head of union left in the middle of a vivid description |
| PRESIDENT | Head of state of a republic - Barack Obama was elected to become the 44th holder of the US office |
| PETAIN | Head of State of Vichy France, 1940-44 (6) |
| SANDRAMASON | Head of state of Barbados, replacing Queen Elizabeth II on November 30 2021 |
| GORBACHEV | Mikhail ---, head of state of the Soviet Union 1988-91 (9) |
| PEACH | Princess who's the head of state of the Mushroom Kingdom |
