| Rating | Solver | Clue |
|---|---|---|
| PREMIER | State leader | |
| UTAH | State in which union leader wears hat backwards | |
| ASIS | Basis for removing leader, even in present state | |
| ALABAMA | In the style of Obama, Oman’s leader left state | |
| HEAD | The most prominent or important member of any organized body; the chief; the leader; as, the head of a college, a school, a church, a state, and the like. | |
| LAP | The state or condition of being in part extended over or by the side of something else; or the extent of the overlapping; as, the second boat got a lap of half its length on the leader. | |
| SECT | ...articular master; a school; in society and the state, an order, rank, class, or party. ... | |