| FUHRER | One who leads in the German language |
| PACEMAKER | One who leads in early stages of race (9) |
| UMLAUT | Two-dotted mark placed over a vowel in the German language (6) |
| GOTHIC | Script used for the German language until the 20th century (6) |
| NIXON | Who (Marni ___) provided the singing voice for the female leads in the films The King and I, My Fair Lady and West Side Story? (5) |
| IMAM | The mosque official who leads in devotions |
| GANGES | The first G in GG, a team that Anand leads in the Global Chess League, stands for this. (6) |
| SOLE | Also leads in the only one of its kind |
| STARTLES | Alarms the leads in The Lady Eve surrounded by celebrities (8) |
| ELIASCANETTI | German-language author born in Bulgaria, winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1981 (5,7) |
| DER | "___ Kommissar" (German-language hit in the U.S. in 1982) |
| SHOOTCAPTAIN | One who leads Guns who film the team leader (5,7) |
| PRECENTOR | One who leads the choir in a cathedral (9) |
| PIONEER | One who leads the way in new ventures (7) |
| TAU | What leads in the alphabet upsilon |
| TWERP | Pipsqueak leads in the West End revue, perhaps (5) |
| TRACTABLE | Leads in The Rivals can be performed - easily managed |
| THROW | Cast leads in The Hate Race - original work (5) |
| JAVANESE | Seven: a translation, following approval, in German language in the East (8) |
| PUTSCH | German language equivalent of a coup, often used in connection with Hitler's failed power grab in 1923 in Munich. (6) |
