### Clue: Primarily means a national darling ending longstanding apartheid's prior hold (6,7)
### Answer: NELSON MANDELA 
 ### Explanation: Definition: a national darling ending longstanding apartheid's prior hold
 **The 1st letters, respectively, of**(Primarily) "means a national darling ending longstanding apartheid's " **placed below**(…'s prior,in a down clue) NELSON(a wrestling hold). A WIWD (wordplay intertwined with definition) clue.