| SUHULU | President of Tanzania who succeeded John Magufuli on 19 March 2021 (5,6) |
| SAMIA | And 17 Down President of Tanzania who succeeded John Magufuli on 19 March 2021 (5,6) |
| HASSAN | The president (since 19 March) of Tanzania (5,6,6) |
| AMERICASCUP | The 36th challenge of this yacht race will take place off Auckland in March 2021 (8,3) |
| HAGUE | Who succeeded John Major as leader of the Conservative Party? (5) |
| MYRIE | Clive ___ , TV news presenter who succeeded John Humphrys as Mastermind host in 2021 (5) |
| EDMONDHALLEY | Astronomer Royal who succeeded John Flamsteed in 1720 |
| BENEDICT | ___ XVI, German-born prelate who succeeded John Paul II as Pope in 2005 (8) |
| THOMASSHADWELL | English dramatist (c.1642-92) who succeeded John Dryden as Poet Laureate in 1689 (6,8) |
| LOTT | Senator who succeeded John Stennis |
| ELENA | Justice who succeeded John Paul |
| POLK | James who succeeded John Tyler |
| DIAZCANEL | First Secretary of the Communist Party of Cuba who succeeded Raul Castro on 19 April 2021 (6,4-5) |
| MOCHI | Puppet pal of Waffles, on Michelle Obama's culinary children's show (March, 2021) |
| SWIFT | Taylor whose album "Folklore" won the Grammy for Album of the Year (March, 2021) |
| JOSHWYCHERLEY | Young Munster prop who featured as a RugbyWorld hotshot in our March 2021 issue (4,9) |
| AG | US govt. job held by Merrick Garland as of March 2021 |
| PORFIRIJE | 46th Patriarch of the Serbian Orthodox Church, enthroned to succeed Irinej on 19 February 2021 (9) |
| HER | Singer whose protest song "I Can't Breathe" won the Grammy for Song of the Year (March, 2021) |
| NIELSEN | Succeeded John Buchanan as Australian men's cricket coach (7) |
