| LAVAL | Pierre, French premier and minister of foreign affairs 1935-36 (5) |
| SPEER | Hitler's architect and Minister of Armaments, jailed after World War II (5) |
| MERCER | Johnny _, MP and Minister of State for Veterans' Affairs (6) |
| ITALO | ___-Ethiopian War, 1935-36 |
| ANGELS | '___ and ministers of grace defend us!' (Shakespeare Hamlet act 1, sc. 4) (6) |
| BOTHA | Pik -, South Africa Minister of Foreign Affairs from 1977-94 (5) |
| LLOYD | Former liberal Minister of Foreign Affairs ___ Axworthy |
| CIANO | An Italian Minister of Foreign Affairs |
| CURIE | Pierre ---, French physicist and chemist who shared the 1903 Nobel Prize in Physics with his wife and fellow countryman Henri Becquerel (5) |
| INLET | Find an opening in the French premier team (5) |
| GASLY | Pierre, French Formula One motor racing driver who joined Alpine for the 2023 season (5) |
| GREEN | Damian _, Conservative MP who was First Secretary of State and Minister for the Cabinet Office in 2017 (5) |
| FACTS | French premier takes measures using this information |
| RABBI | Priest and minister's partner, in classic jokes |
| HUANGHUA | Chinese diplomat instrumental in normalising relations with the US and Japan in the latter half of the 20th century; Minister of Foreign Affairs 1976-83 (5,3) |
| PIKBOTHA | Minister of Foreign Affairs in South Africa from 1977-94 (3,5) |
| GROMYKO | Andrei ?, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the USSR from 1957-85 (7) |
| MOLOTOV | Surname of Minister of Foreign Affairs for the Soviet Union during WWII (7) |
| EBAN | Abba ___, Israeli Minister of Foreign Affairs from 1966-74 (4) |
| ABBA | Israeli Minister of Foreign Affairs from 1966-74 (4,4) |
