| ATATURK | Military officer born 1881 who became first President of Turkey (7) |
| ARNOLD | Benedict, American officer born in Connecticut in 1741 who shifted allegiance to the British in the |
| MEADE | US army officer, born in Cadiz, Spain |
| SWINNEY | John, politician who became first minister of Scotland in 2024 (7) |
| MUSTAFA | ___ Kemal Ataturk (first president of Turkey) |
| BUGATTI | Ettore, Italian car manufacturer born in Brescia in 1881 who died in 1947 (7) |
| ERDOGAN | Who is the President of Turkey? (7) |
| GEORGEBYNG | The first Viscount Torrington, a Royal Navy officer and statesman who became First Lord of the Admiralty during the reign of King George II |
| KEMAL | Mustafa __, first president of Turkey (5,7) |
| KIRANBEDI | Ex-tennis champion who became first woman IPS officer (5,4) |
| TTRK | First president of Turkey (7) |
| DISRAELI | Surname of the statesman and novelist who became 1st Earl of Beaconsfield in 1876 (8) |
| HAROLDMACMILLAN | Conservative prime minister, 1957-63, who became 1st Earl of Stockton |
| ERDO | Who has been president of Turkey since 2014? (7) |
| LITTLEMO | Nickname of the tennis player who at the age of 18 became first woman to win all four Grand Slam tournaments during the same year (6,2) |
| COMANECI | Romania-born athlete who, at the 1976 Montreal Olympic Games, became first gymnast to be awarded a perfect score of 10.0 (8) |
| PABLOPICASSO | Spanish painter born in 1881 who had Blue and Rose periods before becoming a leading Cubist (5,7) |
| KEMALATATURK | President of Turkey from 1923-38 (5,7) |
| RECEP | ___ Tayyip Erdogan, president of Turkey since 2014 (5) |
| KEPU | Wallabies veteran who in 2018 became first prop to play 100 rugby union Tests for Australia (4) |
