| ILDUCE | Title assumed by Benito Mussolini as leader of Fascist Italy (2,4) |
| DUCE | Il ---, the title assumed by Benito Mussolini as leader of Fascist Italy (4) |
| AXIS | The _, the alliance of fascist Italy, Nazi Germany and Japan, first established in 1936 (4) |
| EFFETE | Degenerate English leader of Fascist party (6) |
| FAMOUS | Legendary couple of leaders of fascist movement usurped? (6) |
| FATHOM | Understand leader of fascists, in briefly (6) |
| KAISER | Title assumed by Prussian king Wilhelm (6) |
| CAESAR | Title assumed by Roman emperors from Augustus to Hadrian |
| OSWALD | Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster from 1929-30; founder of the British Union of Fascists in 1932 (6,6) |
| MOSLEY | Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster from 1929-30; founder of the British Union of Fascists in 1932 (6,6) |
| BENIGN | Little Benito Mussolini finally in Wagner Centre for growth problem - it's no harm! (6) |
| SEDUCE | Lead astray in two directions Benito Mussolini (6) |
| FINITO | It's all over for Benito Mussolini |
| IMPERIA | Coastal city of Liguria created by Benito Mussolini in 1923 (7) |
| LATERAN | ___ Treaty, 1929 pact signed by Benito Mussolini and Pope Pius XI (7) |
| SUMO | Wrestler held back by Benito Mussolini (4) |
| ITALY | This country, presided over by Benito Mussolini, declared war on Britain and France on June 11, 1940 |
| SPODE | Roderick ___, leader of fascist group The Black Shorts in stories by P G Wodehouse (5) |
| MAHDI | Title assumed by Sudanese military leader Mohammed Ahmed who captured Khartoum in 1885 (5) |
| INDIA | Empress of ___, title assumed by Queen Victoria in 1876 (5) |
