| PROFUMO | John, British Secretary of State for War, 1960-63 (7) |
| GUATEMALA | Central American country in a state of civil war, 1960-96 |
| HALDANE | Richard Burdon, British Secretary of State for War 1905-12 (7) |
| PROFUMOAFFAIR | What name was given to the 1963 security scandal when the British Secretary of State for War had an affair with Christine Keeler. the mistress of a Soviet diplomat? (7,6) |
| SANTANA | 1960-63 Portugal and 1955-67 Benfica winger; 1961 European Cup Final winner (7) |
| DAVIS | David ---, the British Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union since 2016 (5) |
| TAVENER | John, British composer of the opera A Gentle Spirit (7) |
| GLADSTONECOLONY | Under the then British Secretary of State for the colonies, what did George Barney try to set up nea |
| SWEENEY | John, British investigative TV journalist born in 1958 (7) |
| SURTEES | John, British motorsport racer who won the Formula One drivers' championship in 1964 (7) |
| KITCHENER | Secretary of State for War at the start of World War I, remembered for his recruitment posters |
| LECARRE | John - - - - - -, British author of espionage novels including The Spy Who Came In From The Cold (2,5) |
| JOHNPROFUMO | British Conservative secretary of state for war who resigned in 1963 following a famous scandal (4,7) |
| NEALE | Duncan ..... , 1960-63 Newcastle and 1963-70 Plymouth midfielder (5) |
| BURGOYNE | John --, British general in the American Revolutionary War, and author of the play 'The Maid of the Oaks' (8) |
| PIPER | John -. British artist best known for his series of watercolours of Windsor Castle. etc. (5) |
| JELLICOE | John -, British commander of the Imperial Fleet at the Battle of Jutland in 1916 |
| ANDRE | John -, British Army officer hanged as a spy in 1780 during the American War of Independence (5) |
| REID | John, British Home Secretary appointed in May, 2006 (4) |
| BETJEMAN | John, British former Poet Laureate noted for his 1937 poem Slough (8) |
