| HOCHI | Foundation member of the French communist party in 1924 as Nguyen the Patriot, he became better know |
| ENLAI | With Ho Chi Minh he was a member of the French Communist party in the years after WWI, Chinese leade |
| TOTAL | French multinational integrated oil and gas company founded in 1924 as the Compagnie francaise des petroles |
| BOLSHEVIK | Member of the radical faction of the Russian socialist party which became the Communist Party in 1918 (9) |
| WALLOON | Member of the French-speaking people comprising around 30% of the population of Belgium, chiefly living in the south and east (7) |
| MEANDERED | Mean of the French communist to have wound (9) |
| HOXHA | Enver, one of the founders of the Albanian Communist Party in 1941 (5) |
| HUGUENOT | Member of the French Protestants of the 16th and 17th centuries influenced by John Calvin |
| COMRADES | Founded in 1932, the Army ___ Association became better known as the Blueshirts. (8) |
| DENGXIAOPING | Politician who became Secretary-General of the Chinese Communist Party in 1954 (4,8) |
| ULAN | And 24 Former anglicisation of the capital and largest city of Mongolia, known until 1924 as Urga (4,5) |
| BATOR | Former anglicisation of the capital and largest city of Mongolia, known until 1924 as Urga (4,5) |
| ULANBATOR | Anglicised name of the capital city of Mongolia, known until 1924 as Urga (4,5) |
| WORRYINGIS | Start of a quip by Mary Schmich, from a Chicago Tribune column that became better known as the MIT c |
| PRAVDA | Former newspaper of the Communist Party in the Soviet Union (6) |
| SUPEROVER | Oopse, the tie-breaker, is better know as the ...! (5,4) |
| IBUPROFEN | This anti-inflammatory and pain-relieving drug is on the WHO's list of essentials - it's better know |
| POULENC | Member of the French group of composers, Les Six (7) |
| OSS | CIA forerunner, the Office of Strategic Services became better known by these initials (1,1,1) |
| EMI | The Electrical and Musical Industries Ltd became better known as this recording giant (1,1,1) |
