| SARUMAN | Istari's leader in The Lord Of The Rings (7) |
| CANINES | The inspirational leader in the Riviera city gets the hounds (7) |
| TANCRED | Norman leader in the First Crusade who played an important role in the capture of Jerusalem (1078-1112). |
| TURNKEY | Jailer caught nationalist leader in the middle of bomb (7) |
| TURANGI | Trade Union initially phoned the industrial leader in the North Island (7) |
| RELYING | Depending on the Spanish youth leader in the circle (7) |
| SIMONDE | Earl of Leicester and prominent leader in the crusade against the 11 (5,2,8) |
| STANTON | "The best protection any woman can have...is courage." Born in 1848, she was an American leader in the woman's rights movement. Who said this? |
| MARQUIS | ____ of Granby, pub name deriving from an English military leader in the Seven Years' War (7) |
| ROBESON | Name the US bass singer, actor, and leader in the civil rights movement, Paul ... (7) |
| CITADEL | Quote about promotion supported by Leninite leader in the Kremlin (7) |
| REDHEAD | Why brunette can't be a leader in the Eastern bloc? (7) |
| UNAWARE | Girl fighting enemy's leader in the dark (7) |
| STARETS | Revered figure rates unusual monastic leader in the Eastern Orthodox Church (7) |
| CALVERA | The bandit leader in The Magnificent Seven (played by Eli Wallach) |
| FORREST | Confederate leader in the Civil War who rose from private to Lieutenant General, Nathan Bedford _ (7) |
| NORIEGA | Panamanian military and political leader in the 80s, Manuel ... |
| TORQUAY | Question anarchist leader in the right place |
| CONQUISTADOR | Military leader in the Spanish conquest of the New World in the 16th century (12) |
| DEBS | "The greatest leader in the history of the American working class," per Bernie Sanders |