| POMPIDOU | President of France from 1969 until his death in 1974 (8) |
| GEORGESPOMPIDOU | Prime Minister of France, 1962-1968, and President of the French Republic from 1969 until his death in 1974 |
| MRHOOPER | Human Sesame Street character played by Will Lee from 1969 until his death in 1982 |
| STONEHOUSE | John, Labour politician who faked his own death in 1974 (10) |
| FRANCOIS | President of France from 2012-2017 (8, 8) |
| HOLLANDE | President of France from 2012-2017 (8, 8) |
| DESTAING | President of France from 1974-81 - see 12ac 21ac (6,7,8) |
| DEGAULLE | Charles _ _, the President of France from 1959 to 1969 (2,6) |
| HATHAWAY | Wife of playwright William Shakespeare from 1582 until his death in 1616 (8) |
| HIROHITO | The 124th emperor of Japan, from 1926 until his death in 1989 (8) |
| JOHNPEEL | Longest-serving of the original Radio 1 DJs broadcasting regularly from 1967 until his death in Cuzco in 2004 (4,4) |
| NURMAHAL | Wife of Mughal emperor Jahangir from 1611 until his death in 1627 (3,5) |
| TENNYSON | Who was Poet Laureate from 1850 until his death in 1892? (8) |
| JOHNPAUL | --- --- II, Pope who served from 1978 until his death in 2005 (4,4) |
| BRANDT | German chancellor from 1969 until 1974 (6) |
| SPASSKY | World chess champion from 1969 until 1972 (7) |
| INDY | Maserati model produced from 1969 until 1975 (4) |
| GADDAFI | Which colonel ruled Libya from 1969 until 2011? (7) |
| VALERY | President of France from 1974-81 (6,7,8) |
| GISCARD | President of France from 1974-81 (6,7,8) |
