| THRIFTINESS | Frugality possibly in the first leader of sect (11) |
| DRESDEN | Study involving leader of sect in Red China (7) |
| ROUST | Stir up leader of sect in hiding (5) |
| MOSES | Some transformation before leader of sect can become major prophet (5) |
| DZERZHINSK | City in Russia on the Oka River named after the first leader of the Cheka (10) |
| PETER | Apostle of Jesus traditionally regarded by Roman Catholics as the first leader of the church (5) |
| LENIN | Revolutionary who was the first leader of the Soviet Union (5) |
| HOMERULE | Isaac Butt was the first leader of the political party, ___ ___ League, which campaigned for Ireland's self-government (4,4) |
| HARDIE | Keir --, Scottish trade unionist and politician, the first leader of the Labour Party (6) |
| PUTIN | He's the first leader of his nation to visit North Korea |
| SDLP | Gerry Fitt was the first leader of which political party? (1,1,1,1) |
| HAREKRISHNA | He ran a risk possibly entertaining hard member of sect (4,7) |
| CHARLESDEGAULLE | First leader of the Provisional Government of the French Republic |
| FITT | Gerry ___, co-founder and first leader of the SDLP in Northern Ireland in 1970 (4) |
| CHIEF | Conservative lawbreaker ignoring the first leader (5) |
| KEIR | ___ Hardie, first leader of the Labour Party (4) |
| ASHDOWN | Sir Paddy --, first leader of the Liberal Democrats (7) |
| KEIRHARDIE | Scottish politician, first leader of the Labour Party (4,6) |
| OBOTE | First leader of independent Uganda (5) |
| OCCULT | Officer in charge of sect dealing in the supernatural (6) |
