| FORBES | George William -, New Zealand prime minister from 1930-35 |
| ARDERN | Jacinda ----, former New Zealand prime minister (6) |
| NASH | New Zealand Prime Minister from December 1957 to December 1960 (4) |
| JACINDA | ___ Ardern, New Zealand prime minister (7) |
| LANGE | David, New Zealand prime minister 198489 (5) |
| JOHN | Former New Zealand Prime Minister, ... Key |
| BILL | Sir... English, former New Zealand prime minister (4) |
| CLARK | New Zealand prime minister, Helen ... |
| HELEN | New Zealand prime minister Clark |
| BASSETT | Cabinet minister in the Lange government who went on to write biographies of several New Zealand Prime Ministers (7) |
| RAFAEL | Dictator of the Dominican Republic from 1930 to 1961, nicknamed El Jefe (Spanish, 'the boss') (6,8) |
| WALTERNASH | The most recent New Zealand Prime Minister who was not born in New Zealand (6,4) |
| NOODLUM | Champion pacer 1970s bore name of New Zealand PM spelt backwards (7) |
| KIRK | The most recent New Zealand PM to die in office (4) |
| AES | Belonging to Irish writer George William Russell's pen name |
| EDNAFERBER | Hotel Lombardy resident: 1930-35 |
| ASH | Name for the Old English symbol ae that was adopted by George William Russell as a pen name; or, the "tree of life" Fraxinus bearing bunches of keys (3) |
| EVANS | Who explored the NSW Blue Mountains and Bathurst districts in the 1800s; George William ... (5) |
| ADRIANBOULT | Knighted conductor of the BBC Symphony Orchestra from 1930 to 1950 (6,5) |
| LIFAR | Ukrainian dancer and choreographer who was ballet master of the Paris Opera from 1930 to 1941." and from 1947 to 1958 (5,5) |
