| TAMBO | Oliver, South African politician who became acting president of A.N.C. in 1967 (5) |
| CORPORAL | 6 and 11Dn. Could it be demotion of a N.C.O.? Certainly stripes are involved! (8,10) |
| PUNISHMENT | Could it be demotion of a N.C.O.? Certainly stripes are involved! (8,10) |
| KRISPYKREME | It opened its first store in Winston-Salem, N.C., in 1937 |
| USOPEN | Event to be played in Pinehurst, N.C., in 2014 |
| OLIVER | And 20 Dn. South African politician who became acting president of the ANC in 1967 (6,5) |
| SLOVO | Joe, South African politician who opposed the apartheid system (5) |
| PERON | Isabel, president of Argentina 1974-1976; the first woman to serve as president of a country (5) |
| REEVE | President of a town council, in Canada |
| WILLA | ___ Player, first Black woman to become president of a four-year college |
| BOTHA | South African politician (5) |
| ZUMA | Jacob ?, South African politician who was appointed president of the ANC in 2007 (4) |
| KLERK | South African politician, Frederik Willem de ____ |
| OLIVERTAMBO | Former president of the A.N.C. who died in 1993 (6,5) |
| BORISYELTSIN | Russian leader who, on his resignation in 1999, named Vladimir Putin acting president of Russia |
| MARYMCALEESE | In 1997 ____ became the first female president to succeed a female president (of a nation) |
| ILIEBOLOJAN | Acting president of Romania since the resignation of Klaus Iohannis on 12 February 2025 (4,7) |
| BABYDOCDUVALIER | In 1971, ___ became president of a) Argentina; b) Cuba c) Haiti; d) Venezuela |
| MUGABE | African politician who eventually became President of Zimbabwe, Robert ... |
| VORSTER | John, South African politician born in 1915 who served as his country's prime minister and president (7) |
