| Leader before the Ayatollah | 27 |
| Leader born in Damascus | 23 |
| Leader born in Georgia | 22 |
| Leader deposed in 1955 | 22 |
| Leader elected by monks | 23 |
| Leader elected in 2005 | 22 |
| Leader exiled on Saint Helena | 29 |
| Leader from Talah Minufiya | 26 |
| Leader in a holiday song | 24 |
| Leader in ancient Rome | 22 |
| Leader in development, once | 27 |
| Leader in home entertainment? | 29 |
| Leader in Mexican outerwear? | 28 |
| Leader in national affairs | 26 |
| Leader in sports or industry | 28 |
| Leader in the Crimean War | 25 |
| Leader in the Middle East | 25 |
| Leader of 1786 rebellion | 24 |
| Leader of a 1786 rebellion | 26 |
| Leader of a Cub Scout pack | 26 |
| Leader of a diminutive septet | 29 |
| Leader of a double life | 23 |
| Leader of a Hasidic group | 25 |
| Leader of a march on Rome | 25 |
| Leader of a Muslim state | 24 |
| Leader of a singing group | 25 |
| Leader of a small septet | 24 |
| Leader of a state (Abbr.) | 25 |
| Leader of a women's group | 29 |
| Leader of an ancient tribe | 26 |
| Leader of ancient Ephesus? | 26 |
| Leader of ancient Troy? | 23 |
| Leader of Arnie's Army | 26 |
| Leader of Cradle of Filth | 25 |
| Leader of Green Mountain Boys | 29 |
| Leader of Jordan or India? | 26 |
| Leader of Jose and Juan? | 24 |
| Leader of pre-1917 Russia | 25 |
| Leader of R.I. rebellion | 24 |
| Leader of Saskatchewan? | 23 |
| Leader of some parades | 22 |
| Leader of the Afrika Korps | 26 |
| Leader of the Alamo siege | 25 |
| Leader of the All Starr Band | 28 |
| Leader of the All-Starr Band | 28 |
| Leader of the Argonauts | 23 |
| Leader of the Belmonts | 22 |
| Leader of the Chipmunks | 23 |
| Leader of the Family Stone | 26 |
| Leader of the Flying Tigers | 27 |
| Leader of the Foo Fighters | 26 |
| Leader of the kiddie pool? | 26 |
| Leader of The Limelites | 23 |
| Leader of the Long March | 24 |
| Leader of the Lost Boys | 23 |
| Leader of the Mel-Tones | 23 |
| Leader of the Melody Makers | 27 |
| Leader of the Miracles | 22 |
| Leader of the Mohegan people | 28 |
| Leader of the mongrel horde? | 28 |
| Leader of the Pacemakers | 24 |
| Leader of the pack, sometimes | 29 |
| Leader of the pitching staff | 28 |
| Leader of the Third Crusade | 27 |
| Leader of the Untouchables | 26 |
| Leader of the Wild Bunch gang | 29 |
| Leader of this century | 22 |
| Leader overthrown by Castro | 27 |
| Leader overthrown in 1917 | 25 |
| Leader smashes entryway? | 24 |
| Leader toppled in 1979 | 22 |
| Leader wearing a kaffiyeh | 25 |
| Leader with a bouffant hairdo | 29 |
| Leader with an attitude | 23 |
| Leader with an iron liver | 25 |
| Leader's accompanists | 25 |
| Leader's exhortation | 24 |
| Leaders against government | 26 |
| Leaders in baseball, briefly | 28 |
| Leaders in poetry, perhaps | 26 |
| Leaders in the dugout: Abbr. | 28 |
| Leaders in their fields | 23 |
| Leaders like Mussolini | 22 |
| Leaders of class struggles? | 27 |
| Leaders of present-day Burma? | 29 |
| Leaders of San Salvador | 23 |
| Leaders of Sesame Street? | 25 |
| Leaders of the U.K. and Isr. | 28 |
| Leaders with big scores | 23 |
| Leadership of the upper class | 29 |
| Leadership org. for females | 27 |
| Leadership, figuratively | 24 |
| Leadfoot's downfall | 23 |
| Leadfoot's likely locale | 28 |
| Leadfoot's nemesis | 22 |
| Leadfoots' comeuppances | 27 |
| Leading a charmed life | 22 |
| Leading a hardscrabble life | 27 |
| LEADING ACTOR COMEDY SERIES | 28 |
| LEADING ACTOR DRAMA SERIES | 27 |