| RAISA | ___ Gorbachev, former first lady of the Soviet Union |
| IMELDAMARCOS | Former first lady of the Philippines who left 1060 pairs of shoes behind when she fled the country |
| TRUMP | Melania _, the former First Lady of the US (5) |
| PERESTROIKA | The policy of reconstructing the economy in the former Soviet Union under the leadership of Mikhail Gorbachev (11) |
| OBAMA | Michelle, former first lady of the U.S. whose book The Light We Carry was published in 2022 (5) |
| BRUNI | Italian-born former model and former 'First Lady' of France, Carla ----- (5) |
| IMELDA | Former first lady of the Philippines, ... Marcos |
| ONASSIS | Former First Lady of the United States, Jacqueline Kennedy ... (7) |
| MELANIA | ___Trump, former first lady of the US (7) |
| ELEANOR | A Beatles song, and a former First Lady of the US (7) |
| MELANIATRUMP | Slovenian-born former first lady of the USA |
| JACQUELINE | _ Kennedy Onassis, former First Lady of the United States (10) |
| MICHELLEOBAMA | Former First Lady of the USA (8,5) |
| REAGAN | Nancy, former first lady of the United States, born in 1921 (6) |
| EVAPERON | A former First Lady of Argentina revered by the lower economic classes (3,5) |
| EVA | Perón, former First Lady of Argentina |
| GRUNI | Former First Lady of France, Carla _-Sarkozy (5) |
| PERON | Eva -, former first lady of Argentina (5) |
| MARIE | NBC News correspondent and former First Lady of California Shriver |
| CARLA | Former first lady of France Bruni |