| NASI | Head of the Sanhedrin |
| HILLEL | Rabbi, born in Babylonia, who was president of the Sanhedrin and the first to formulate principles of biblical interpretation |
| USHA | Ancient town seat of the Sanhedrin during the Roman period (4) |
| NICODEMUS | Pharisee and a member of the Sanhedrin who showed favour to Jesus |
| SEVENTY | Number of elders in the Sanhedrin (7) |
| STAFF | The professional head of the armed forces in the UK holds the office of Chief of the Defence ... |
| ROLLS | Master of the ____, the head of the civil division of the Court of Appeal |
| ADMIRAL | The head of the Le Strange family of Hunstanton still holds the hereditary title of Lord High .... of the Wash (7) |
| ACETABULUM | Coming from a Latin word for a vinegar cup, what is the socket of the hipbone that the head of the f |
| AGA | The --- Khan is the hereditary title of the head of the Ismaili Islamic sect (3) |
| PHUKET | Largest island of Thailand, in the Andaman Sea at the head of the Strait of Malacca (6) |
| SEVERUS | First name of the head of the house of Slytherin in the Harry Potter books (7) |
| NANTES | Capital of the Loire-Atlantique department of W France, situated at the head of the Loire estuary (6) |
| AGAKHAN | Hereditary title of the head of the Ismaili sect of Muslims (3,4) |
| GEORGE | 15th-century king of Bohemia and head of the Utraquist faction of the Hussites (6) |
| SMARTLY | Calculating about store, in the way of the head of the class (7) |
| ARCHBISHOP | Desmond Tutu became the titular head of the Church of England in South Africa when, in 1986, he was |
| NEXT | "Will the person at the head of the line please come forward?" |
| GRANDPOOBAH | Head of the Loyal Order of Water Buffalo Lodge on "The Flintstones": 2 wds. |
| HAILESELASSIE | The last emperor of Ethiopia, and first head of the OAU, _ _ (5,8) |
