| ABE | He became prime minister of Japan (for the second time) in 2012 |
| OWL | ___ City (band with whom this puzzle's subject collabed for "Good Time" in 2012) |
| IRO | Andy ..., former Columbus Crew and Toronto defender who spent time in 2012-13 on loan from Stevenage |
| ANDYIRO | Former Columbus Crew and Toronto FC defender who spent time in 2012-13 on loan from Stevenage to Barnet (4,3) |
| TRUDEAU | The son of a four-term prime minister, he became prime minister of Canada in 2015 |
| GLADSTONE | On December 9, 1868, he became prime minister for the first time by defeating Benjamin Disraeli. |
| ELDER | The William Pitt who was 57 when he became Prime Minister (5) |
| HIROHITO | Emperor of Japan for more than half of the 20th century |
| SHOGUN | Title of military dictators who were virtual rulers of Japan for hundreds of years (6) |
| TAMPABAY | ___ Buccaneers, U.S. football team that won the Super Bowl for the second time in February 2021 (5,3) |
| LEANNE | Woman who decided to get married to for the second time in Coronation Street (6) |
| DARKBORN | Dim element deprived of love the second time in a fantasy trilogy |
| STEPS | British dance-pop group (1997-2001) who reformed for the second time in January 2017 (5) |
| TOMBRADY | Star quarterback who retired (for the second time) in 2023 |
| ADLAI | Stevenson who lost to Eisenhower for the second time in 1956 |
| RIFAI | Who became prime minister of Jordan in 1973 and again in 1985? (4-1) |
| INDIRA | What was the first name of Nehru's daughter who became prime minister of India? (6) |
| KYOTO | The capital of Japan for more than 1,000 years (from 794 to 1868). (5) |
| PADEREWSKI | Ignace Jan ___, pianist and composer who became prime minister of Poland in 1919 (10) |
| GREECE | Kyriakos Mitsotakis became prime minister of this EU state in 2019 (6) |
