| JOGRIMOND | Scottish-born leader of the Liberal Party (1956-1967) |
| JEREMYTHORPE | Leader of the Liberal Party 1967-76, subject of the 2018 BBC drama A Very English Scandal (6,6) |
| BATTLE | Born leader of Labour party rejecting second European war |
| ASQUITH | Herbert Henry ---, leader of the Liberal Party and Prime Minister of the UK 19081916 (7) |
| THORPE | Jeremy ___, penultimate leader of the Liberal Party (1967-1976) prior to its 1988 merger with the SDP (6) |
| GRIMOND | Jo ___, leader of the Liberal Party from 1956-67 (7) |
| JEREMY | Leader of the Liberal Party from 1967-76 (6,6) |
| WEDNESDAY | Midweek match time sees Ding become 'born leader of snooker' |
| NETANYAHU | First native-born leader of his country |
| STEEL | David ___, leader of the Liberal Party from 1976-88 (5) |
| DAVID | and 4dn, Leader of the Liberal Party from 1976-88 (5,5) |
| DAVIDSTEEL | Final leader of the Liberal Party |
| SIRDAVID | Former leader of the Liberal Party (3,5,5) |
| BINLADEN | Saudi-born leader of al-Qaeda, killed by US special forces in Pakistan in 2011 |
| CAMPBELL | Henry _ -Bannerman, leader of the Liberal Party 18991908 and Prime Minister 1905-08 (8) |
| ALTON | David ?, Chief Whip of the Liberal Party from 1985-87 (5) |
| WHIG | Member of the political party eventually succeeded by the Liberal Party (4) |
| NEEDLE | Born leader to denounce the French in pointed article (6) |
| ASKIN | Who was the first premier of New South Wales to represent the Liberal Party? (5) |
| LEONARDBERNSTEIN | Scorer in born leader nets after shimmying |
