| 100% | BULGANIN | 8 | Nikolai —, Soviet statesman and military leader; Minister of Defence from 1953-55 |
| 40% | ZHUKOV | 6 | Georgy —, Minister of Defence of the Soviet Union from 1955-57 |
| 38% | IMRENAGY | 8 | Prime minister of Hungary from 1953-55 |
| 36% | IMRE | 4 | & 11A Prime minister of Hungary from 1953-55 |
| 35% | DAYAN | 5 | Moshe —, Israel Minister of Defence from 1967-74 |
| 34% | NAGY | 4 | Imre —, prime minister of Hungary from 1953-55 |
| 30% | MALENKOV | 8 | Georgy —, Chairman of the Council of Ministers of the Soviet Union from 1953-55 |
| 30% | SERGEEVICH | 10 | Soviet leader of the fifties and sixties, Nikita ___ Khrushchev (var.) |
| 30% | ALDOMORO | 8 | Prime minister of Italy from 1963-68 and 1974-76 |
| 29% | NORIEGA | 7 | Manuel —, military leader; de facto head of state of Panama from 1983-89 |
| 29% | YAMANI | 6 | Ahmed Zaki —, Saudi Arabia Minister of Petroleum and Mineral Resources from 1962-86 |
| 29% | STALIN | 6 | Ruler of the Soviet Union from 1924 until 1953 |
| 29% | HOGG | 4 | Douglas —, 1979-2010 Conservative MP; Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food from 1995-97 |
| 29% | GORBACHEV | 9 | Eighth and last leader of the Soviet Union |
| 28% | ROCKINGHAM | 10 | 2nd Marquis of —, prime minister from 1765-66 and in 1782 |
| 27% | TECUMSEH | 8 | Shawnee chief and military leader |
| 27% | VOROSHILOV | 10 | Kliment —, military commander; Chairman of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet from 1953-60 |
| 26% | MORO | 4 | Aldo —, prime minister of Italy from 1963-68 and 1974-76 |
| 26% | PRIVATEHOUSES | 13 | Most suburban residences... or, in a military sense, the ends of 17-, 24-, 46- and 55-Across |
| 25% | CHURCHILL | 9 | Winston —, prime minister from 1940-45 and 1951-55 |
| 25% | CABLE | 5 | Vince —, MP for Twickenham from 1997-2015 and 2017-2019; Leader of the Liberal Democrats from 2017 to 2019 |
| 25% | ATTILA | 6 | Ancient military leader of the Huns |
| 24% | COMMANDER | 9 | Leader of a military operation |
| 24% | EMIRS | 5 | Leaders of Kuwait and Qatar |
| 24% | PIKBOTHA | 8 | Minister of Foreign Affairs in South Africa from 1977-94 |
| 24% | JOFFRE | 6 | Joseph __, French military leader at start of WWI |
| 24% | ABBAEBAN | 8 | Israeli Minister of Foreign Affairs from 1966-74 |
| 24% | JENNYSHIPLEY | 12 | Prime minister of New Zealand from 1997-99 |
| 24% | HUBERT | 6 | __ Minnis, prime minister of The Bahamas from 2017 |