| BREZHNEV | The leader of the Soviet Union, 1964-1982 (6,8) |
| LEONID | The leader of the Soviet Union, 1964-1982 (6,8 |
| KOSYGIN | Alexei ___, Premier of the Soviet Union 1964-80 (7) |
| STALIN | Assumed name of the leader of the Soviet Union (1924 - 1953) (6) |
| ANDREWFLETCHER | The leader of the anti-union Country Party (1653 - 1716) |
| EDWARDHERRMANN | He was the leader of "The Lost Boys" |
| ANDROPOV | Yuri ___, leader of the Soviet Union (as General Secretary of its Communist Party) who succeeded Leonid Brezhnev in 1982 (8) |
| GORBACHEV | Who was the last leader of the Soviet Union? (9) |
| LENIN | Revolutionary who was the first leader of the Soviet Union (5) |
| KHRUSHCHEV | Leader of the Soviet Union during the Cuban Missile Crisis, Nikita - (10) |
| NIKITA | Leader of the Soviet Union from 1953 to 1964, _ Khruschev (6) |
| CHERNENKO | Konstantin, Mikhail Gorbachev's predecessor as leader of the Soviet Union (9) |
| BOYCOTT | Geoffrey , England cricketer who made 8114 runs in 108 Tests between 1964-1982 (7) |
| AKELA | From the name of the leader of the wolf pack in The Jungle Book, the traditional name for an adult cub-scout leader (5) |
| CATESBY | Surname of the leader of the group of Catholics who planned the Gunpowder Plot of 1605 (7) |
| SAMUEL | Forename of either the inventor of the spinning mule, a notable English diarist, the leader of the Shoreham Ancients or a fictional snuff-taking rat from whom Tom Kitten escapes (6) |
| CARATACUS | (One spelling of) the name of the leader of the resistance against Romans in Britain during Claudius's reign (9) |
| CASSIDY | Surname of the leader of the Hole in the Wall Gang (7) |
| LUCIFER | The leader of the rebellion of the angels (7) |
| MCNAMARA | His name was this and he was the leader of the band (or the doubles partner of McNamee) |
