| SADDAMHUSSEIN | Iraqi politician born in 1937 (6,7) |
| HALL | Wes, West Indian fast bowler and later Barbadian politician born in 1937 (4) |
| ROBERTWALPOLE | Politician, born 1676, generally regarded as the first de facto British Prime Minister (6,7) |
| THATCHER | Politician born in 20A in 1925 |
| LEVER | Harold ***** , Labour politician born in Manchester in 1914 (5) |
| NORIEGA | Manuel, soldier and politician born in Panama City in 1939 (7) |
| JACKSON | Jesse, American Democrat politician born in 1941 (7) |
| NETANYAHU | Israeli Likud politician born in 1949 (9) |
| YAMANI | Sheikh Ahmed Zaki, Saudi Arabian politician born in 1930 (6) |
| BARCLAY | Steve ___, Conservative politician born in 1972 (7) |
| SITHOLE | Ndabaningi, Zimbabwean politician born in 1920 (7) |
| OBRIEN | Conor Cruise, Irish writer and politician born in 1917 (6) |
| VORSTER | John, South African politician born in 1915 who served as his country's prime minister and president (7) |
| PELOSI | Nancy, U.S. politician born in 1940 and twice Speaker of the House of Representatives (6) |
| JOHNPRESCOTT | Labour politician born in 1938 who once worked as a steward on Cunard Line passenger ships (4,8) |
| TEDKENNEDY | U.S. Democrat politician born in 1932 who was nicknamed The Lion Of The Senate (3,7) |
| TUGENDHAT | Tom ********* , Conservative politician born in 1973 taught possibly about ambition (9) |
| PARNELL | Charles Stewart, politician born in 1846 who led the Home Rule League (7) |
| DILKE | Charles ___, Liberal politician born in 1843 whose career was scuppered by a divorce case |
| DAFYDDWIGLEY | Welsh politician born in 1943 who twice led Plaid Cymru (6,6) |
