| AYATOLLAH | A leader of the Shiite sect of the Muslim religion, serving as teacher, judge, and administrator (9) |
| ISLAMIC | Of the Muslim religion |
| WEBMASTER | You and I join British teacher and administrator (9) |
| EDUCATION | Bad ____, TV sitcom starring Jack Whitehall as teacher Alfie Wickers (9) |
| MAHARISHI | Mother briefly has ex-PM as teacher (9) |
| GOVERNESS | Travel with author on vessel as teacher |
| CATHAR | Member of a Christian sect of the 12th and 13th centuries in Provence who believed the material worl |
| ROUSSEAU | A leader of the Barbizon school noted for paintings depicting the changing light and shadow in the forest of Fontainebleau such as Under the Birches, Evening (8) |
| BREAKSTEP | Change stride as teachers holding run, favourite falling over |
| ESSENE | Member of a monastic Jewish sect of the 2nd and 1st centuries BC (6) |
| KEBLE | John -, a leader of the Oxford Movement and author of book of poems The Christian Year (5) |
| ROUS | Stanley .... , 1961-74 FIFA President; previously a referee and administrator who rewrote the Laws of the Game (4) |
| AYATOLLAHKHOMEINI | Shiite Muslim religious leader, the leader of the 1979 Iranian Revolution (9,8) |
| ISMAILI | Member of a Shiite sect |
| HASID | A Jewish sect of the 2nd century BC, formed to combat Helenistic influences (5) |
| REMYDEGOURMONT | Which French writer and critic was a leader of the Symbolist movement, co-founded the periodical Le |
| CROMWELL | Oliver -; known as Ironsides, a leader of the Roundheads during the English Civil War (8) |
| ANDERS | Polish commander, a staunch anticommunist, who became a leader of the Poles in exile after the Second World War (6) |
| WILBERFORCE | William ---, British politician and philanthropist who was a leader of the movement to abolish the slave trade (11) |
| ISLAM | The Muslim religion |