| TRYGVELIE | The first secretary-general of the United Nations (6,3) |
| PLAATJE | Sol _ , the first secretary general of the ANC (5) |
| UNITEDNATIONS | Trygve Lie was the first Secretary- General of which organisation? (6,7) |
| LIE | Trygve, first secretary-general of the United Nations (3) |
| BANKIMOON | Eighth Secretary-General of the United Nations (3,2-4) |
| KOFIANNAN | Seventh Secretary-General of the United Nations (1997-2006), with whom he was jointly awarded a Nobel Peace Prize in 2001 (4,5) |
| DIAZCANEL | First Secretary of the Communist Party of Cuba who succeeded Raul Castro on 19 April 2021 (6,4-5) |
| JAMESWATT | Reagan's first secretary of the Interior |
| RIDGE | The first Secretary of Homeland Security |
| ELIHUROOT | Theodore Roosevelt's first secretary of war |
| RECALLS | Is about to ring up the First Secretary, and takes it all back (7) |
| UTHANT | Serving as Secretary-General of the United Nations from 1961 to 1971, who was the first Asian in the role? (1,5) |
| GENERALHAIG | Ronald Reagan's first Secretary of State or the commander of the British Expeditionary Force during much of the First World War |
| GUTERRES | Portugal's Antonio ___ is the Secretary-General of the United Nations. (8) |
| DAG | 1953-61 Secretary-General of the United Nations awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1961 (3,12) |
| DAGHAMMARSKJOLD | 1953-61 Secretary-General of the United Nations awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1961 |
| KURTWALDHEIM | Which Austrian was Secretary-General of the United Nations, then later president of Austria? (4,8) |
| GHALI | The Egyptian politician who was Secretary-general of the United Nations 1992-96 (7,7-5) |
| BOUTROS | The Egyptian politician who was Secretary-general of the United Nations 1992-96 (7,7-5) |
| PEREZDECUELLAR | Peruvian diplomat and politician who served as the fifth Secretary-General of the United Nations from 1982 to 1991 (5,2,7) |
