| BIANCA | ___ Jagger, Nicaraguan human rights advocate and ex-actress (6) |
| SIMASAMAR | Human rights advocate and former chairperson of the Afghan Independent Human Rights Commission |
| KELLER | Losing her sight and hearing at 19 months, which Helen went on to become a university graduate, author, disability rights advocate, political activist and lecturer? (6) |
| ALGORE | Global warming advocate and US vice president in the Clinton administration (2,4) |
| STONES | The Rolling ___ (Jagger's band) |
| LIBBER | Equal rights advocate, slangily |
| LICHEN | Patchy growth in Chile perhaps and Nicaraguan capital (6) |
| AMAL | Barrister and human-rights advocate Clooney |
| CLOONEY | Barrister and human rights advocate Amal |
| ORTEGA | Which 1980s Nicaraguan president earlier spent seven years in jail for bank robbery? (6) |
| ELEANOR | 'No-one can make you feel inferior without your consent,' wrote American first lady and human rights advocate, ... Roosevelt |
| BASRA | Birthplace of Iraqi human rights advocate Reham Yacoub |
| ARNICA | Popular Nicaraguan housing application (6) |
| CONTRA | Informally, a symphony orchestra's lowest woodwind instrument, or a Nicaraguan guerrilla fighter |
| ABUELA | Nicaraguan nana |
| MEGHANMARKLE | U.S. ex-actress who became Duchess of Sussex in 2018 (6,6) |
| BETTY | Late actress, animal welfare advocate and self-described "avid crossword puzzle addict" White |
| DANIBEHR | Ex-actress and model born in 1970 who was a presenter on 'The Word' (4,4) |
| NELL | First name of Charles II's ex-actress mistress (4) |
| LEONI | David Duchovny's ex, actress Tea ___ (5) |
