| FITT | Gerry -, co-founder and first leader in 1970 of the SDLP in Northern Ireland (4) |
| NATO | Hastings Ismay was selected as its first leader in 1952 |
| BASSESALPES | Former name (until 1970) of the departement in Provence with the capital Digne (6-5) |
| WESTS | First leaders in bridge |
| DIDO | The legendary founder and first queen of the Phoenician city-state of Carthage (4) |
| BILL | Forename of a Microsoft co-founder and billionaire or the badger chum of Rupert the Bear (4) |
| TANG | Imperial dynasty of China (618-907) whose founder and first emperor was Gaozu (4) |
| JOBS | Name the co-founder and CEO of Apple who died in 2011. (4) |
| OTTO | ___ von Bismarck, founder and first chancellor of the German Empire |
| SDLP | Gerry Fitt was the first leader of which political party? (1,1,1,1) |
| BELL | Bloomsbury Group co-founder and painter of Christmas Decorations whose daughter Angelica was born at her home Charleston on Christmas Day in 1918 (4) |
| PETE | The Who co-founder and guitarist, ---- Townshend (4) |
| HANNA | South Belfast MP who is the only declared candidate for the position of leader of the SDLP. (5) |
| KEIR | ___ Hardie, first leader of the Labour Party (4) |
| REYNOLDS | Co-founder and first president of the Royal Academy of Arts who was the second artist to have been honoured with a knighthood after Sir James Thornhill (8) |
| EARL | Planet Hollywood co-founder and CEO Robert ___ |
| AKIO | Sony co-founder (and Walkman conceptualizer) ___ Morita |
| BONO | U2 co-founder and Nobel Peace Prize nominee |
| TSAI | Alibaba co-founder and Brooklyn Nets owner Joe |
| EVE | Farmer, author, co-founder and first president of the Soil Association (3,7) |
