| YAOMING | NBA star who serves as the chairman of the Chinese Basketball Association |
| YAO | Former NBA star Ming who is now the president of the Chinese Basketball Association |
| SINATRA | Entertainer known as "The Chairman of the Board" |
| ABOVEBOARD | Honest, as the chairman of the directors should be (5,5) |
| SACHS | Leonard ---, actor who appeared as the Chairman in the TV series The Good Old Days (5) |
| MAOTSETUNG | Chairman of the Chinese Communist party, 1943-76: 2 wds. |
| HUA | --- Guo Feng, 1976-81 chairman of the Chinese Communist Party (3) |
| SONIA | Gandhi who serves as the president of the Indian National Congress |
| GARUDA | Bird of Hindu mythology who serves as the vahana (mount) of Vishnu (6) |
| GOVERNOR | Role of the politician who serves as the chief executive in each U.S. state (8) |
| URIEL | Archangel who serves as the eyes of God in "Paradise Lost" |
| COLINPOWELL | Who was the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff during the Gulf War? (5,6) |
| DEANNATROI | Star Trek character played by Marina Sirtis who serves as the ship's counselor on USS Enterprise-D: 2 wds. |
| KERRY | Politician who serves as the special presidential envoy for climate |
| TEBBIT | Lord who was once the chairman of the Conservative Party (6) |
| SOPWITH | Sir Thomas, British aircraft designer who was the chairman of the Hawker Siddeley Group from 1935-63 |
| MANOVERBOARD | The chairman of the directors could be in deep water |
| ANDREWNEIL | Former editor of the Sunday Times, founding chairman of Sky TV and later GB News, former BBC presenter and since 2008 the chairman of Press Holdings (6,4) |
| RUPAUL | The creator of the Drag Race franchise, who serves as a judge on several of its shows (6) |
| FORD | Yankee nicknamed 'The Chairman of the Board' |
