| NELSONMANDELA | South African leader played by 16 Across |
| MAXGOODWIN | Hospital medical director played by 16-Across: 2 wds. |
| BLADE | Marvel-universe character played by 16-Across |
| SUGARPLUMFAIRY | Role played by 16-Across in a 1954 production of The Nutcracker: 3 wds. |
| CHURCHILL | Wartime leader played by Neil Maskell in Peaky Blinders isn't well led by clergy (9) |
| IMF | Espionage agcy. with a leader played by Tom Cruise |
| HANNIBAL | A Team leader played by George Peppard, ... Smith (8) |
| MICHELLEDUBOIS | In 'Allo 'Allo, the French resistance leader played by Kirsten Cooke |
| HOFFA | Labor leader played by Jack Nicholson in a 1992 biopic |
| EVAPERON | Argentine leader played by Madonna |
| OKOYE | Dora Milaje leader played by Danai Gurira |
| CESARCHAVEZ | Civil rights leader, played by Michael Pena in a 2014 biopic, who received a Presidential Medal of F |
| HOGAN | Stalag 13 POW leader played by Bob Crane, Colonel Robert E ... (5) |
| DROGO | Dothraki leader played by Jason Momoa in Game of Thrones, Khal _ (5) |
| MALCOLMX | Civil rights leader played by Denzel Washington in a 1992 biopic: 2 wds. |
| SOLOMONS | Alfie, Jewish gang leader played by Tom Hardy in TV drama series Peaky Blinders (8) |
| SAUL | ___ Bennett, Home and Away cult leader played by the late Dr David Ritchie in the 90s (4) |
| BENITOMUSSOLINI | Leader played by Rod Steiger in the 1981 Libyan film "Lion of the Desert" |
| AMIN | Idi, Ugandan leader played by Forest Whitaker in the 2006 film The Last King Of Scotland (4) |
| WILLIAMWALLACE | Scottish independence leader played by Mel Gibson in the 1995 film Braveheart (7,7) |
