| FITT | Gerry -, co-founder and first leader of the SDLP in Northern Ireland in 1970 |
| DIDO | The legendary founder and first queen of the Phoenician city-state of Carthage (4) |
| SDLP | Gerry Fitt was the first leader of which political party? (1,1,1,1) |
| KEIR | ___ Hardie, first leader of the Labour Party (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 |
| UNIT | Military group from Northern Ireland in middle of Bute (4) |
| NISH | David ...., Derby Cour footballer who made I England debut again: Northern Ireland in 1973 (4) |
| 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) |
| LENIN | Founder and first leader of the Soviet Union (5) |
| HANNA | South Belfast MP who is the only declared candidate for the position of leader of the SDLP. (5) |
| PETE | The Who co-founder and guitarist, ---- Townshend (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 |
| HOMERULE | Isaac Butt was the first leader of the political party, ___ ___ League, which campaigned for Ireland's self-government (4,4) |
