| MARTINLUTHER | One of the leading figures of the Reformation |
| REITHLECTURE | One of a series of annual radio presentations given by leading figures of the day, commissioned by the BBC (5,7) |
| SHAH | Royal title historically used by the leading figures of Iranian monarchies (4) |
| TITIAN | English name of the Italian Renaissance painter Tiziano Vecellio (c. 1488-1576), the leading figure of the Venetian school (6) |
| BOLIVAR | Simon was the leading figure in South America's fight for independence from Spanish rule. (7) |
| FORBES | Leading figure of the Newlyn School who painted A Fish Sale on a Cornish Beach, The Blackberry Pickers, The Harbour Window and The Fishermen's Expedition (6) |
| HEROINE | Leading figure of the Lady's Circle in the East (7) |
| VOLTAIRE | One involved in a revolt reformed leading figure of the Enlightenment (8) |
| EMMELINEPANKHURST | Leading figure of the suffragette movement |
| KEROUAC | Leading figure of the beat generation |
| ZAPATA | Emiliano ?, leading figure of the Mexican Revolution who died in 1919 |
| DIDEROT | Encyclopedist and leading figure of the French Enlightenment |
| OFLAHERTY | Liam ___, 1896-1984, leading figure of the Irish Renaissance (1'8) |
| PROTESTANT | Member of church founded on the principles of the Reformation (10) |
| GABRIELA | Argentine tennis player who was one of the leading players on the women's circuit in the late 80s an |
| SUMMERSON | Sir John, one of the leading architectural historians of the 20th century (9) |
| CORNWALLIS | Charles, one of the leading British generals in the American War of Independence (10) |
| DEKOONING | This Dutch-born American painter was one of the leading exponents of Abstract Expressionism, particularly the form known as Action painting. His painting Pink Lady (1944) was sold at auction in 1987 f |
| QUEENOFDIAMONDS | One of the leading ladies in the pack (5,2,8) |
| GRANGER | Hermione ___ is one of the leading characters in the Harry Potter stories. (7) |
