| MUSHARRAF | Military officer who took power in Pakistan in a coup (1999) and who later served as president (2001-08) |
| PLATINI | Michel, French former footballer who later served as President of UEFA (7) |
| SYRIZA | Which party recently took power in Greece? (6) |
| TROTT | Jonathan ..... , England cricketer who made 184 against Pakistan in a 2010 Test (5) |
| BINLADEN | Saudi-born leader of al-Qaeda, killed by US special forces in Pakistan in 2011 |
| TAFT | President who later served as chief justice |
| TEMPLE | Shirley, U.S. child film star of the 1930s who later served as Ambassador to Czechoslovakia (6) |
| MELISSAGILBERT | "Little House on the Prairie" actress who was SAG president, 2001-2005: 2 wds. |
| SHARON | Israeli President 2001 to 2006 |
| CHENEY | Dick __, US vice-president, 2001-2009 (6) |
| FORREST | Confederate army officer who massacred Black Union troops at Fort Pillow and later served as the first grand wizard of the Ku Klux Klan |
| GRANT | Commanded the Union forces to victory and later served as U.S. president |
| ADJUTANT | A military officer who acts as an administrative aide to a more senior one (8) |
| PERVEZMUSHARRAF | Pakistani general and statesman who served as president from 2001 to 2008 (6,9) |
| MENEM | Carlos, lawyer born in 1930 who served as president of Argentina from 1989 to 1999 (5) |
| PINACOLADA | Nip back for a company car or something that's an alternative to a cosmopolitan in a coup? (4,6) |
| JAIRBOLSONARO | Retired military officer who will assume office as president of Brazil on January 1 2019 (4,9) |
| ARNOLD | Benedict, U.S. military officer who defected to the British in 1780 in the Revolutionary War (6) |
| WICKHAM | Pride and Prejudice's villain; a military officer who romances the youngest Bennet sister (7) |
| DAVY | Self-taught Cornish chemist who discovered several elements, invented a safety lamp for miners and served as president of the Royal Society from 1820-27 (4) |
