| Rating | Solver | Clue |
|---|---|---|
| SHAH | Former Persian leader | |
| PARNELL | Former Irish political leader | |
| EXECUTE | Assassinate former English leader? Sweet! | |
| THABO | Former ANC leader, ... Mbeki | |
| MBEKI | Former ANC leader, Thabo ... | |
| POLPOT | Former leader of Khmer Rouge | |
| TROTSKY | Leon ... former Russian revolutionary leader | |
| EXIST | Former lover is Tory leader to be! | |
| EXPENSES | Former political leader makes sense of costs | |