| THERESA | ___ May, Conservative politician who succeeded David Cameron as prime minister in 2016 (7) |
| MAY | Who succeeded David Cameron as UK prime minister? (3) |
| ALLEN | Conservative politician who succeeded Andrew Lansley as MP for South Cambridgeshire in 2015 (5,5) |
| HEIDI | Conservative politician who succeeded Andrew Lansley as MP for South Cambridgeshire in 2015 (5,5) |
| HOWARD | Michael, Conservative politician who succeeded Iain Duncan Smith as leader in 2003 (6) |
| HIPKINS | Chris, New Zealand politician who succeeded Jacinda Ardern as prime minister in 2023 (7) |
| MUBARAK | Hosni, Egyptian politician who succeeded Sadat in 1981 (7) |
| ETONIAN | Student with the same background as David Cameron and Boris Johnson (7) |
| PROBLEM | David Cameron about to steal from the French? That's a worry (7) |
| SUEBARKER | British tennis player who succeeded David Coleman as the presenter of A Question of Sport in 1997 |
| OLMERT | Ehud ****** , politician who succeeded Ariel Sharon as Israeli prime minister in 2006 (6) |
| BRUCE | Fiona, TV news presenter who succeeded David Dimbleby as Question Time host (5) |
| SADIQKHAN | Labour politician who succeeded Boris Johnson as Mayor of London in 2016 (5,4) |
| YOUSAF | Humza, politician who succeeded Nicola Sturgeon as First Minister of Scotland in 2023 (6) |
| ITALY | EU country in which Mario Draghi resigned as prime minister in 2022 (5) |
| AIRLINEPILOT | Rajiv Gandhi served as prime minister in 1984-89 after a career as one of these |
| JARUZELSKI | Polish general who served as prime minister in 1981-85 |
| IRFANNALI | President of Guyana who succeeded David A. Granger on 2 August 2020 (6,3) |
| SAMUEL | Herbert ****** , leader of the British Liberal Party who succeeded David Lloyd George (6) |
| SMITH | John, Scottish politician who succeeded Neil Kinnock as Labour leader in 1992 (5) |
