| TAMBO | He became acting president of the African National Congress in 1967 and continued in that role until |
| NEHRU | Jawaharlal, statesman elected president of the Indian National Congress in 1928 (5) |
| DOCTORWHO | Jodie Whittaker role until 2022 (6,3) |
| PRESSEDON | Started the device and continued in a determined way (7,2) |
| SMOULDERED | Burned without flames and continued in a suppressed state |
| OLIVER | And 20 Dn. South African politician who became acting president of the ANC in 1967 (6,5) |
| OLIVERTAMBO | President of the African National Congress who resigned in favour of the recently released Nelson Mandela in 1991 (6,5) |
| NELSONMANDELA | President of the African National Congress, 1991-97 (6,7) |
| RENOWN | HMS ___, name of eight ships of the Royal Navy, the last of which was a Resolution-class submarine launched in 1967 and paid off in 1996 |
| LAYARD | In 1849, this explorer returned to Mesopotamia and continued excavations at Nineveh and Babylon, discovering in the process the huge library of Ashurbanipal, probably the earliest library ever created |
| ILIEBOLOJAN | Acting president of Romania since the resignation of Klaus Iohannis on 12 February 2025 (4,7) |
| COMMONPEOPLE | Love Of The ____, song first sung in 1967 and a hit for Paul Young in 1983 (6,6) |
| BORISYELTSIN | Russian leader who, on his resignation in 1999, named Vladimir Putin acting president of Russia |
| AKINDOFHUSH | There's ____ - a hit for Herman's Hermits in 1967 and the Carpenters in 1976 |
| FLEETWOOD | British rock band formed in 1967 and named after the drummer and bassist (9,3) |
| MAC | British rock band formed in 1967 and named after the drummer and bassist (9,3) |
| SVETLANA | Joseph Stalin's daughter, who defected to the US in 1967 and died there in 2011 (8) |
| UMKHONTO | The military wing of South Africa's African National Congress, founded 16 December 1961 (8,2,5) |
| WESIZWE | The military wing of South Africa's African National Congress, founded 16 December 1961 (8,2,5) |
| ELATUS | In Greek mythology, a centaur killed during a battle with Heracles by a poisoned arrow that passed through his arm and continued to wound Chiron in the knee |
