| SATO | Japanese leader who shared the 1974 Nobel Peace Prize |
| RYLE | Martin, English astronomer who shared the 1974 Nobel prize for physics (4) |
| EISAKUSATO | Japanese prime minister who won the 1974 Nobel Peace Prize (6,4) |
| ARAFAT | Yasser, PLO leader who shared the 1994 Nobel peace prize (6) |
| YASSER | Palestinian leader who shared the 1994 Nobel peace prize (6,6) |
| YASSERARAFAT | PLO leader who shared the Nobel peace prize with Shimon Perez and Yitzhak Rabin in 1994 |
| MACBRIDE | 1974 Nobel Peace Prize cowinner |
| SHOTGUN | Thai leader held by Japanese leader yields weapon (7) |
| THEMIKADO | Japanese leader's lurking in the wings here (3,6) |
| BEGIN | Name the Israeli prime minister who shared the 1978 Nobel Peace Prize with Egypt's Anwar Sadat. (5) |
| RABIN | Israeli prime minister (1974- 77, 1992-95) who shared the 1994 Nobel Peace Prize with Shimon Peres and Yasser Arafat (7,5) |
| YITZHAK | Israeli prime minister (1974- 77, 1992-95) who shared the 1994 Nobel Peace Prize with Shimon Peres and Yasser Arafat (7,5) |
| DEKLERK | F.W. --- ---, the 9th State President of South Africa, who shared the Nobel Peace Prize with Nelson Mandela in 1993 (2,5) |
| LEOESAKI | Japanese physicist who shared the 1973 Nobel Prize for Physics with Ivar Giaever and Brian David Josephson for his discovery of the phenomenon of electron tunnelling |
| KISSINGER | US academic and diplomat during the Nixon era who shared the Nobel peace prize in 1973 |
| TRIMBLE | David ___, politician who shared the 1998 Nobel Peace Prize with John Hume (7) |
| SADAT | Anwar who shared the 1978 Nobel Peace Prize with Menachem Begin |
| SWOONED | Japanese leader left Dow Jones after crash, having had attack of the vapours (7) |
| ITO | Japanese leader hides Spanish uncle |
| ABE | Japanese leader elected in 2006 |
