| EMOMALIIRAHMONOV | Which long-serving president of Tajikistan was elected to office in 1994? (7,9) |
| SSR | Tajikistan was one (abbr.) Solution in next week's classifieds |
| HART | Ezekiel **** , entrepreneur elected to office in Canada in 1807 (4) |
| RUTTE | Mark, Dutch prime minister first elected to office in 2010 (5) |
| KEKKONEN | Urho ___, eighth and longest- serving President of Finland, in office from 1956 to 1981 (8) |
| PEPSICOLA | Joan Crawford, pioneer of product placement, made sure this rival to Coke was seen in her films made after she was elected to the company's board (5,4) |
| MIKE | Former NY Mets' legendary catcher Piazza who was nicknamed The Pizza Man and was elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame in 2016 |
| MARTINBRODEUR | Former New Jersey Devils' goaltender who has the highest number of wins with 691 wins and was elected to the Hockey Hall of Fame in 2018: 2 wds. |
| GIA | In which stadium did Ireland defeat Italy in 1994? (6) |
| AYRTONSENNA | Which great Brazilian driver crashed to his death in 1994? (6,5) |
| PAMIR | Highland region of Tajikistan and Afghanistan from which several south-central Asian mountain ranges radiate, including the Hindu Kush and the Tian Shan. Its name refers to the grasslands of the easte |
| DIRAM | Currency unit of Tajikistan equal to one hundredth of a somoni (5) |
| CASSON | Director of architecture at the Festival of Britain who was elected president of the Royal Academy in 1976 and illustrated the Prince of Wales' The Old Man of Lochnagar (6) |
| TONY | ___ Esposito former Chicago Hawks' goaltender who 423 wins and was elected to the Hockey Hall of Fame in 1988 |
| BENJONES | Actor who was elected to the House of Representatives after playing Cooter on The Dukes of Hazzard: 2 wds. |
| FRANCESBLACK | Which singer was elected to the Seanad this year? (7,5) |
| THOMASJEFFERSON | He was elected to the Continental Congress in March 1775 |
| ICHIROSUZUKI | This outfielder was elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame on Jan.21 by a 393-1 vote |
| ABDELAZIZ | The longest serving president of Algeria, since 1999, _ Bouteflika (9) |
| BRIANLARA | Which West Indian cricketer broke the world record with an individual innings of 501 runs in 1994? (5,4) |
