| STALIN | Premier who represented the Soviet Union at the 1945 Yalta Conference |
| CHURCHILL | Prime minister who represented the United Kingdom at the 1945 Yalta Conference |
| ROOSEVELT | President who represented the United States at the 1945 Yalta Conference |
| ALGER | Mr. Hiss, U.S. state department official and adviser at the 1945 Yalta conference (5) |
| REGULATE | Control, for example, brought into Rugby Union at the last minute (8) |
| THRESHOLD | Three should leave European Union at the outset (9) |
| ILA | Union at the docks: Abbr. |
| BIGAMOUS | Guilty of being two unions at the same time (8) |
| DALADIER | The French premier who was held prisoner by the Vichy government (8) |
| SONIA | Singer who represented the UK at the Eurovision Song Contest in 1993 (5) |
| CLODAGH | Irish singer who represented the UK in the 1971 Eurovision Song Contest with Jack in the Box (7,7) |
| RODGERS | Irish singer who represented the UK in the 1971 Eurovision Song Contest with Jack in the Box (7,7) |
| CLODAGHRODGERS | Irish singer who represented the UK in the 1971 Eurovision Song Contest with Jack in the Box |
| THEALLISONS | English pop duo, comprising Bob Day and John Alford, who represented the UK in the 1961 Eurovision Song Contest with the song Are You Sure? |
| KHRUSHCHEV | Nikita, Soviet premier who adopted a de-Stalinization policy (10) |
| PRIMER | A first coat for Premier who abandoned the East (6) |
| ENLAI | Mao's premier who rates a mention in We Didn't Start the Fire, Zhou ___ |
| HUA | Premier who deposed the Gang of Four |
| LESTER | ____ B. Pearson, Canadian premier who won the 1957 Nobel Peace Prize (6) |
| CONNIE | ___ Tyler, Welsh rocker who represented the UK at Eurovision in 2013 (6) |
