| CHARLESDEGAULLE | French army officer and statesman who founded his country's Fifth Republic in 1958 (7,2,6) |
| EGYPT | Country of NE Africa that joined with Syria to form the United Arab Republic in 1958 (5) |
| RICHELIEU | French cardinal and statesman who founded the French Academy in 1634 |
| TROUBLE | Country's fifth currency in difficulty (7) |
| ROBERTCLIVE | Soldier and statesman who founded the British Empire in India (6.5) |
| GEORGEBYNG | The first Viscount Torrington, a Royal Navy officer and statesman who became First Lord of the Admir |
| ATATURK | Turkish military officer and statesman who became the first President of Turkey (7) |
| ATTORNEYGENERAL | Neat Tory out with army officer and chief law officer (8,7) |
| DIRECTORGENERAL | Woman priest with army officer and chief executive (8,7) |
| PERVEZMUSHARRAF | Pakistani general and statesman who served as president from 2001 to 2008 (6,9) |
| SULEYMANDEMIREL | Turkish politician and civil engineer who served as his country's president from 1993 to 2000 (8,7) |
| GENERALDEGAULLE | Fifth Republic founder |
| THOMASJEFFERSON | Third president of the U.S. who wrote his country's Declaration of Independence (6,9) |
| DEGAULLE | Charles ___, first president of the Fifth Republic in France (2,6) |
| COLIN | Name shared by officer and statesman Powell and stand-up former football player Kaepernick |
| HIDEKITOJO | Japanese soldier and statesman who served as his country's prime minister from 1941 to 1944 (6,4) |
| RAFFLES | British statesman who founded modern Singapore and London Zoo (7) |
| DIOR | Christian ---, French designer who founded his fashion house in 1946 and whose first collection inspired the New Look style (4) |
| PIERRECARDIN | French designer who founded his fashion house in 1950 (6,6) |
| QADDAFI | Muammar _, Libyan army officer and head of state deposed in 2011 (7) |
