| MBEKI | Thabo, successor to Nelson Mandela as President of South Africa (5) |
| IZZARD | Which Eddie completed 27 marathons in 27 days across South Africa as a tribute to Nelson Mandela? (6) |
| PERSONAE | Characters ultimately help Boycie deliver motors to Nelson Mandela House (8) |
| PERON | Isabel, president of Argentina 1974-1976; the first woman to serve as president of a country (5) |
| JIMMY | Gerald Ford's successor as president of the U.S.A (5,6) |
| EWING | Winnie _. served as President of the SNP from 1987 to 2005(5) |
| MENEM | Carlos, lawyer born in 1930 who served as president of Argentina from 1989 to 1999 (5) |
| UHURU | Kenyan President Kenyatta whose father, Jomo, also served as President of Kenya |
| PATIL | The first woman to serve as president of India (2007-12) |
| TRUMP | Donald ___, in his second term as President of the USA (5) |
| BOMBE | Thabo Mbeki takes Alaskan dessert (5) |
| SADAT | Egyptian statesman who (as President of Egypt) negotiated a peace treaty with Menachem Begin of Isra |
| PUTIN | Installed as president of Russia (5) |
| STERN | Violinist who served as president of Carnegie Hall, 1960-2001 |
| ANWAR | He succeeded Nasser as president of Egypt, ... al-Sadat |
| LEANSON | Applies pressure to Nelson travelling around edge of sea (5,2) |
| RIVONIA | The ___ Trial of 1963-1964 led to Nelson Mandela's imprisonment(7) |
| BROADSIDE | To Nelson it meant a load of balls (9) |
| HORATIA | First name of the daughter born to Nelson and Emma, Lady Hamilton (7) |
| SYCOPHANCY | Grovelling, deranged psycho unknown to Nelson's followers (10) |
