| ANDROPOV | Yuri ___, General Secretary of the Soviet Communist Party from 1982-84 (8) |
| BREZHNEV | General secretary of the Soviet Communist Party from 1964 to 1982 (8) |
| CHERNENKO | Konstantin ?, General Secretary of the Soviet Communist Party from 1984-85 (9) |
| SLOVO | Joe ___, General Secretary of the South African Communist Party from 1984-91 (5) |
| LENIN | Vladimir, founder of the Soviet Communist Party born in 1870 (5) |
| CARDIGAN | 7th Earl of _; general who led the charge of the Light Brigade (8) |
| APPLETON | 1982-84 Hull and 1985-87 Exeter manager (8) |
| TROFIMOV | Yuri ___, cyclist; 2015 Russian National Road Race Championships men's elite race winner (8) |
| RONWYLIE | 1950-58 Notts County, 1958-65 Aston Villa and 1965-70 Birmingham City midfielder; 1982-84 West Brom boss (3,5) |
| FIVESTAR | ____ general, a military officer of the highest rank (4,4) |
| KNAPP | Jimmy ___, General Secretary of the RMT from 1990-2001 (5) |
| CROW | Bob ___, General Secretary of the RMT from 2002-14 (4) |
| FEATHER | Vic ___, General Secretary of the TUC from 1969-73 (7) |
| GOVERNOR | David Johnston, The ___ General of Canada |
| MCCLUSKEY | Len ___, General Secretary of Unite from 2011 to 2021 |
| MCANEA | Christina __, general secretary of Unison (6) |
| DUBCEK | Alexander, first secretary of the Czechoslovak Communist Party from 1968-69 (6) |
| MAO | Leader of the Chinese Communist Party from 1943 to 1976 (3) |
| BUSBY | Drew ..... , 1973-79 Heart of Midlothian attacker; 1982-84 Queen of the South player manager (5) |
| APPARATCHIK | Soviet Communist Party bureaucrat (11) |
