| KEATING | Successor to Bob Hawke as prime minister of Australia (and subject of Casey Bennetto's eponymous mus |
| GATTACA | 1997 Andrew Niccol film starring Ethan Hawke as Vincent Freeman (7) |
| YOTHUYINDI | Which group released the single Treaty following a Bicentennial visit by Prime Minister Bob Hawke to the Northern Territory and his response to the Barunga Statement? (5,5) |
| CLEMENCEAU | Nicknamed "The Tiger", statesman who served as prime minister of France twice and formed part of the |
| GRANTHAM | Lincolnshire birthplace of Margaret Thatcher who served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1979 to 1990 (8) |
| PADEREWSKI | Ignacy Jan ---, Polish pianist and composer who signed the Treaty of Versailles as prime minister of Poland (10) |
| TONYBLAIR | Former UK Prime Minister and subject of Harry Hill's musical (4,5) |
| SCHOLAR | Honour common to Malcolm Fraser, Bob Hawke and Tony Abbott (6,7) |
| RHODES | Honour common to Malcolm Fraser, Bob Hawke and Tony Abbott (6,7) |
| ABE | Successor to Koizumi as prime minister of Japan |
| MAY | The second woman to serve as prime minister of the U.K., she resigned in 2019 after failing to secure a Brexit deal |
| SHARON | Ariel, successor to Ehud Barak as prime minister of Israel (6) |
| DISRAELI | Author of novels including Coningsby, Henrietta Temple, Sybil and Vivian Grey who twice served as prime minister of the UK (8) |
| PIERRE | --- Trudeau, the 15th person to serve as Prime Minister of Canada (6) |
| SOULT | Nicolas Jean-de-Dieu ___, French general and statesman who served as Prime Minister of France three times |
| SONYA | Predecessor of Terese and subject of an Erinsborough mural in Neighbours (5) |
| ANTIGONE | The daughter of Oedipus - and subject of a play by Sophocles (8) |
| TURTLE | Novel written by Blanche d'Alpuget, wife of former PM Bob Hawke, ... Beach |
| ACOUNTRYPRACTICE | Long-running Australian TV drama series that has featured appearances by Nicole Kidman, Toni Collette, Baz Luhrmann and Bob Hawke |
| THATCHER | The first woman to serve as prime minister of England |
