| PONTIAC | Famed 18th-century Ottawa chief, a great leader of inter-tribal resistance against British rule in the Great Lakes area (7) |
| RACES | Inter-tribal contests? (5) |
| ALEXANDER | A FT column, a new article for those in the 12, and a great leader! (9) |
| STATESMANSHIP | Behaviour of a great leader (13) |
| MEHDI | What's dividing leaders in Mali, Djibouti and Iraq? Not me, I'm a great leader |
| EASTERRISING | Armed insurrection that took place in Dublin in April 1916 against British rule in Ireland (6,6) |
| MARYRAND | One of the thirteen colonies that revolted against British rule in the American Revolution (8) |
| INA | A force recruited from Indian PoWs of the Japanese in 1942 to fight against British rule (abbrev.) (3) |
| DEFENCE | Resistance against attack, danger or harm; a country's military forces; the plea of the accused in a lawsuit; or, the action of protecting one's goal or wicket against the opposition (7) |
| CARATACUS | (One spelling of) the name of the leader of the resistance against Romans in Britain during Claudius's reign (9) |
| EMMET | Leader of the failed 1803 Irish rebellion against British rule, Robert ... |
| PRINCIPAL | From the Latin for "first, chief", a headmaster/mistress; a leading actor, dancer or instrumentalist; or, one of the combatants in a duel (9) |
| TEAPARTY | Boston --- ---, 1773 raid on three British ships in the harbour of Boston, Massachusetts, a protest against British government (3,5) |
| GANDHI | Mahatma, Indian nationalist leader against British rule (6) |
| LIBERTYPOLE | Symbol of dissent against British rule |
| ANTIIMPERIALIST | Standing against British rule where one is stymied by parliament, is it an omnishambles? (4-11) |
| KRUMMHOLZ | In retrospect, variable length and a measure of resistance against gloom stunted trees |
| HUGE | Great leader of China facing west, say (4) |
| MAHDI | Future great leader of Muslims |
| ILSUNG | 'Great Leader' of North Korea from 1948, Kim .. (2,4) |
