| Date | Grid | Clue | Author | Editor |
| Tue, Dec 30, 2014 | 47A | Zairean president Mobutu ___ Seko | Jeffrey Wechsler | Shortz |
| Sat, Oct 18, 2014 | 3D | Former Zairian leader Mobutu ___ Seko | Evan Birnholz | Shortz |
| Fri, Aug 15, 2014 | 8D | Zaire's Mobutu ___ Seko | Jeff Chen | Shortz |
| Thu, Oct 04, 2012 | 4D | Mobutu ___ Seko (African despot) | Bill Thompson | Shortz |
| Wed, Aug 15, 2012 | 64A | Zaire's Mobutu ___ Seko | Elizabeth C. Gorski | Shortz |
| Wed, Feb 24, 2010 | 30D | Zaire's Mobutu ___ Seko | Kenneth J. Berniker | Shortz |
| Tue, Jul 08, 2008 | 66A | Zaire's Mobutu ___ Seko | Andrea Carla Michaels | Shortz |
| Sun, Oct 14, 2007 | 40D | Zaire's Mobutu ___ Seko | Elizabeth C. Gorski | Shortz |
| Wed, Apr 11, 2007 | 51D | Zaire's Mobutu ___ Seko | Bruce Adams | Shortz |
| Sat, Jul 17, 2004 | 53A | Zaire's Mobutu ___ Seko | Rich Norris | Shortz |
| Sun, Apr 25, 2004 | 149A | Mobutu ___ Seko of Zaire | Elizabeth C. Gorski | Shortz |
| Fri, Dec 19, 2003 | 7D | Zaire's Mobutu ___ Seko | Elizabeth C. Gorski | Shortz |
| Sun, Mar 03, 2002 | 96A | Zaire's Mobutu ___ Seko | Elizabeth C. Gorski | Shortz |
| Sun, Feb 17, 2002 | 120D | Zaire's Mobutu ___ Seko | Joe DiPietro | Shortz |
| Sun, Oct 21, 2001 | 111D | Zaire's Mobutu ___ Seko | Robert H. Wolfe | Shortz |
| Sun, Sep 17, 2000 | 111D | Zaire's Mobutu ___ Seko | Nelson Hardy | Shortz |
| Fri, Sep 08, 2000 | 50A | Dictator Mobutu ___ Seko | Martin Ashwood-Smith | Shortz |
| Fri, Jun 30, 2000 | 20A | Zairean autocrat Mobutu ___ Seko | Martin Ashwood-Smith | Shortz |
| Fri, May 19, 2000 | 21A | Late Zairean dictator Mobutu ___ Seko | Martin Ashwood-Smith | Shortz |
| Sat, Jul 17, 1999 | 62A | Zaire's Mobutu ___ Seko | Rand H. Burns | Shortz |
| Tue, Feb 09, 1999 | 26D | Late ruler Mobotu ___ Seko | Janet R. Bender | Shortz |
| Tue, May 28, 1996 | 11D | Zaire's Mobutu ___Seko | J. R. Bender | Shortz |