| GEORGEBUSH | He bugs Gore awfully, and became the leader (6,4) |
| ELMER | He bugs Bugs |
| NOSYPARKER | Koreans pry awfully - and so do I! |
| RESTLESSLY | Yell with stress awfully and uneasily (10) |
| ADAH | In the Old Testament, the first wife of Esau, who bore his firstborn Eliphaz and became the matriarch of the Edomites |
| GADDAFI | He became the leader of Libya in 1969 |
| GANDHI | Indian statesman, who became the leader of the nationalist movement (6) |
| ENIDMURIELLYONS | Who entered politics after the death of her husband and became the first woman elected to the Austra |
| MAINSAIL | One lies in the heart of man, ails awfully and moves travellers in the deep (8) |
| CHIEF | Living in St Marychurch, I effectively became the leader of the people there (5) |
| JEFF | Co-founder of The Electric Light Orchestra who soon became the leader (4,5) |
| LYNNE | Co-founder of The Electric Light Orchestra who soon became the leader (4,5) |
| RESEARCH | Scare awfully and get her upset about the investigation (8) |
| NERO | Some fine Roman became the leader (4) |
| LOUISIV | Given here with his ordinal, who was known as "the Bavarian" and became the Holy Roman Emperor in 13 |
| PSYCHE | Beautiful mortal princess who married Eros and became the goddess of the soul (6) |
| BOLLE | Won his only GP at Silverstone in 1983 and became the President of the French Motorcycle Federation. (5) |
| PANT | Which Indian wicketkeeper scored a fearless 89 in Brisbane 2021 and became the first to hit Test centuries in both England and Australia under Kohli's captaincy?(Last Name) (4) |
| BRUCEBANNER | He took a gamma ray blast to save Rick Jones, and became The Hulk |
| EXPOS | They were relocated and became the Nationals |
