| JAIRBOLSONARO | Retired military officer who will assume office as president of Brazil on January 1 2019 (4,9) |
| HEIR | One who will assume the throne |
| INAUGURATE | Admit formally to office, ... as President |
| RESERVEDLIST | Tally of retired military officers (8,4) |
| BERNARDOAREVALO | President-elect of Guatemala, due to assume office on 14 January 2024 (8,7) |
| ACCEDE | A crowned head to give up and assume office (6) |
| TAYLOR | Krista Allen will assume this role on B&B |
| SUPPOSE | One will assume an artistic stance but eat first (7) |
| ERNESTOGEISEL | Which general became president of Brazil in 1974? (7,6) |
| OLDAGEPENSION | A form of social welfare first paid on January 1, 1909 |
| BOAVISTA | Capital of Roraima, the northernmost state of Brazil, on the west bank of the Branco River (3,5) |
| MUSHARRAF | Military officer who took power in Pakistan in a coup (1999) and who later served as president (2001-08) |
| ACRE | Westernmost state of Brazil, on the border with Peru; capital, Rio Branco (4) |
| AIDEDECAMP | Military officer who acts as assistant to a more senior office (3 wds) |
| RIO | City and seaport of Brazil on Guanabara Bay (3,2,7) |
| DEJANEIRO | City and seaport of Brazil on Guanabara Bay (3,2,7) |
| RECIFE | Port at the easternmost point of Brazil on the Atlantic |
| RAMAPHOSA | Cyril ---, politician who took office as the President of South Africa in February this year (9) |
| LAWRENCE | T E ?, British military officer who authored 1926 volume Seven Pillars of Wisdom |
| ADJUTANT | A military officer who acts as an administrative aide to a more senior one (8) |
