| IRONDUKE | Nickname of Arthur Wellesley, military and political figure who defeated Napoleon at the Battle of Waterloo in 1815 (4,4) |
| WELLINGTON | Duke of -; title of the prime minister known as the Iron Duke who defeated Napoleon at the Battle of |
| MUELLER | Political figure who Seth Meyers joked "looks like Sam the Eagle's human son" |
| AXELROD | Political figure who became a CNN commentator in 2015 |
| DICTATORS | Political figures who presumably employ stenographers (9) |
| IRON | The ____ Duke, nickname of Arthur Wellesley, the 1st Duke of Wellington (4) |
| DUKE | Iron"; nickname of Arthur Wellesley, prime minister 1828-30 and 1834 (4) |
| CORPORAL | The Little ___ , a nickname of the French military and political leader Napoleon Bonaparte (8) |
| DUKEOFWELLINGTON | Commander of the army that defeated Napoleon at Waterloo (4,2,10) |
| NAPOLEON | French military and political leader of the 18th and and 19th centuries, _ Bonaparte (8) |
| NEY | Michel ___, marshal under Napoleon at the Battle of Waterloo |
| SOEHARTO | Military and political leader who was the long-reigning second President of Indonesia |
| BONAPARTE | Napoleon _, military and political French leader of the early 19th century (9) |
| INEXILE | Like Napoleon at the end of his life |
| NORIEGA | Panamanian military and political leader in the 80s, Manuel ... |
| BLUCHER | Gebhard von ..., commander of the Prussian army against Napoleon at Waterloo (7) |
| NSC | A committee in the executive branch of government that advises the president on foreign and military and national security. |
| BOLIVAR | Simon ......., Venezuelan military and political leader known as El Libertador (7) |
| FEUDALISM | Military and political organisation based on land tenure (9) |
| ELLINGTON | Arthur Wellesley blows top to see another duke at the piano, maybe? |
