| KIMJONGIL | Head of state known to his people as "Dear Leader" |
| BHUTAN | Himalayan country with a head of state known as the Dragon King |
| EARPIECE | Dear leader ousted! End of war announced in small speaker (8) |
| TRIBAL | Bishop in court case showing loyalty to his people? (6) |
| ELREY | Juan Carlos, to his people |
| PHILIP | King ___, Indian chief known to his tribe as Metacomet |
| ARTHUR | He's better known to his fellow EastEnders by the nickname Fatboy (6,5) |
| ERNIE | How 21 down was known to his friends (5) |
| SERENADES | Musically they are seen as dear to a Southerner (9) |
| HEART | Term of endearment that sounds the same as 'dear' when uttered (5) |
| BUTCHER | Purveyor of meats only as dear in Paris (7) |
| VITAE | He has power of life and death over his people, ____ necisque in suos habet potestatem, vide Caes. B.G. 1.16.5 (of the chief magistrate of the Aedui)) ... |
| MOSS | Leader of his people ousting English, man who moved at speed (4) |
| AWASH | Humble leader of America and his people in support (5) |
| ABASE | Humble leader of America and his people in support (5) |
| JOSHUA | Which Israelite leader succeeded Moses, and led his people to the Promised Land? (6) |
| HENMANHILL | Grassy knoll where shots seen as dear chap fell? (6,4) |
| READER | Addressed as 'dear', maybe, you could be dearer |
| PUSHKIN | Just the poet to put pressure on his people? (7) |
| RURAL | Nehru rallied his people in the style of the country (5) |
