| SPREADSHEETPHIL | Second page: the leadership bullied the ex-Chancellor |
| HECTORED | Bullied the man getting disheartened over time (8) |
| ESP | Second of second; second page; second sight (3) |
| PERESTROIKA | The policy of reconstructing the economy in the former Soviet Union under the leadership of Mikhail Gorbachev (11) |
| KOHL | Ex-chancellor takes a stunner to the other place |
| MAKEUP | The arrangement of illustrations and text on a printed page; the collective characteristics forming one's personality; or, cosmetics applied in the art of maquillage (4-2) |
| REGEJEAN | ___ Page The Gray Man actor who plays Xenk the Paladin in the 2023 film Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves: Hyph. |
| FOOTE | Author of the 3,000-page "The Civil War: A Narrative" |
| PARTICLE | A bit of the page the piece appeared on (8) |
| GHANA | Situated on the coast of the Gulf of Guinea, this country achieved independence in 1957 under the leadership of Kwame Nkrumah. |
| FAIRDEAL | The principles of the Democratic party under the leadership of US President Harry S. Truman (4,4) |
| CHIANG | In 1934 around 100,000 Chinese communists under the leadership of Mao Tse-tung retreated 10,000 km from the Nationalist Army of ... Kai-Shek in what was to become known as the Long March |
| CLOSET | Keeps The Suits in check within earshot of the leadership (6) |
| RAMILLIES | Battle in 1706 under the leadership of the Duke of Marlborough (9) |
| KOHLRABI | Ex-Chancellor, Rod, turned independent - vegetable! (8) |
| OSBORNE | Ex-Chancellor is one: robs poor to make investment (7) |
| BROWN | British bank close to German ex-chancellor (5) |
| ANGELA | Ex-Chancellor Merkel, e.g. |
| DARLING | Ex-Chancellor audacious when protecting pound (7) |
| OLAF | German ex-chancellor Scholz |
