| MERCOURI | Melina, Greek actress and politician who was minister of culture from 1981-85 (8) |
| JEANE | US Ambassador to the United Nations from 1981-85 (5,11) |
| ANDREMALRAUX | Writer and France's first Minister of Culture (5,7) |
| JEANEKIRKPATRICK | US Ambassador to the United Nations from 1981-85 |
| MALRAUX | France's first minister of culture, 1959-69 |
| PHILHOPE | Former Labour MP who was Minister of State for Health from 2008 to 2010 |
| NATIVIST | One supporting a policy of protecting indigenous culture from external influences (8) |
| ALBERTSPEER | German architect who was Minister of Armaments and War Production of Nazi Germany from 1942 to 1945 |
| ALANDUNCAN | Former Conservative MP who was Minister of State for International Development from 2010 to 2014 |
| PELE | Late and legendary footballer who was Minister of Sports in Brazil (4) |
| HERITAGE | Culture from birth |
| ATHENIAN | Socrates, Melina Mercouri or Constantin Costa Gavras, for example (8) |
| LEONA | Aglukkaq who was Minister of the Environment |
| VACLAVHAVEL | Czech playwright, essayist, dissident and politician who was the tenth and last President of Czechoslovakia |
| BONASERA | Melina Kanakaredes in CSI:NY, Stella ... (8) |
| ARBOREAL | Tree-Melina pest surrounded by sea? (8) |
| LUBKE | Who was Minister for Food, Agriculture and Forestry from 1947 in the Landtag and elected President o |
| BRIGHT | John ___, British Quaker and politician who was a co-founder of the Anti- Corn Law League in the late 1830s (6) |
| DICKWHITTINGTON | Folklore character based on a real-life medieval merchant and politician who was four times Lord Mayor of London (4,11) |
| BORGIA | Cesare, Italian cardinal and politician who was the model for Machiavelli's The Prince (6) |
