| GUEVARA | See 28-Down. Iconic guerrilla warfare leader, who was prominent during the Cuban Revolution (3,7) |
| CHE | See 15-Across. Iconic guerrilla warfare leader, who was prominent during the Cuban Revolution (3,7) |
| CHEGUEVARA | Iconic guerrilla leader, prominent in the Cuban Revolution (3,7) |
| ELIJAH | Hebrew prophet who was prominent in opposing the worship of Baal (6) |
| BRIDGET | With 20-Down, iconic rom-com heroine who is back for more chaos in the new movie "Mad About the Boy" |
| MICHAEL | & 23 Down Iconic British chat show host who died in August (7,9) |
| KHRUSHCHEV | Leader of the Soviet Union during the Cuban Missile Crisis, Nikita - (10) |
| SANTACLARA | Site of the last battle of the Cuban Revolution |
| WARTACTICS | Guerrilla warfare |
| DIDEROT | French philosopher prominent during the Enlightenment who was principal editor of the Encyclopedie (7) |
| FIDELCASTRO | A primary leader of the Cuban Revolution who served as President of Cuba until 2008 (5,6) |
| CASTRO | Fidel ---, a primary leader of the Cuban Revolution, who served as President of Cuba 1976-2008 (6) |
| PSALTERY | Stringed musical instrument of the zither family prominent during the Middle Ages (8) |
| ARTDECO | Geometric architecture and design style prominent during the 1920s and '30s (3,4) |
| FIDEL | ___ Castro, leader of the Cuban revolution in 1959 (5) |
| KARDASHIAN | See 28-Down |
| MAEWEST | She was prominent at the front as a wartime life-saver (3,4) |
| YACHTING | Leisure activity which was prominent in the TV series Howards' Way |
| CHETNIK | Serbian nationalist belonging to a group that engaged in guerrilla warfare during both World Wars (7) |
| TURNCOAT | Leader of Cuban Revolution from the start took Chinese philosophy back from renegade (8) |
