| RIFAI | Who became prime minister of Jordan in 1973 and again in 1985? (4-1) |
| AQABA | Sole coastal city of Jordan, in the south west on the Red Sea (5) |
| MAHJONG | Tile-based game made illegal in China in 1949, legalised again in 1985 (7) |
| ENSOUR | 40th prime minister of Jordan |
| ELSIETANNER | Coronation Street character played by Pat Phoenix from the show's inception (1960) to 1973, and again from 1976 to 1984 (5,6) |
| CECIL | Mining magnate who became Prime Minister of Cape Colony, - Rhodes (5) |
| IMRAN | Ex-cricketer (first name) who became Prime Minister of Pakistan (5) |
| PUTIN | Former President who became Prime Minister of Russia, Vladimir ... |
| BLAIR | British statesman who became prime minister in 1997 (born in 1953) (5) |
| FAYED | Which Egyptian-born brothers bought London's Harrods in 1985? (5) |
| AMALM | Jack in Home and Away and Jordan in Rescue: Special Ops, Daniel ... (5) |
| EXCEL | Which spreadsheet application was launched by Microsoft in 1985? (5) |
| CREED | Titular boxer played by Michael B. Jordan in 2015, '18, and '23 |
| NIKES | Shoes that made Lil Bow Wow play like Michael Jordan in "Like Mike" |
| PADEREWSKI | Ignace Jan ___, pianist and composer who became prime minister of Poland in 1919 (10) |
| IMRANKHAN | Former cricketer who became prime minister of Pakistan in 2018 (5,4) |
| PRICE | Katie _, aka Jordan in her glamour modelling days (5) |
| TRACI | Starred as Jordan in Baywatch, ----- Bingham (5) |
| NORTH | Pole who became PM |
| ANTALL | Teacher and historian who became prime minister of post-communist Hungary (6) |
