| ACHESON | Dean --, Secretary of State under President Harry S. Truman (7) |
| CLINTON | Hillary _, United States Secretary of State, under President Barack Obama, from 2009 to 2013 (7) |
| VANCE | Cyrus, U.S. secretary of state under President Jimmy Carter (5) |
| CONDOLEEZZARICE | Secretary of State under President Bush |
| DEANRUSK | U.S. Secretary of State under presidents Kennedy and Johnson |
| DEANACHESON | US Secretary of State in the administration of President Harry S Truman from 1949 to 1953 |
| KISSINGER | Henry __, US Secretary of State under Presidents Nixon and Ford (9) |
| FAIRDEAL | The principles of the Democratic party under the leadership of US President Harry S. Truman (4,4) |
| BUCK | The _ stops here; a phrase US president Harry S Truman loved (4) |
| GARYOLDMAN | Actor who played President Harry S. Truman in the 2023 film Oppenheimer (4,6) |
| POTSDAM | "The Russians are liars - you can't trust them" (Harry S Truman, talking about the 1945 ____ conference) |
| MISSOURI | U.S. president Harry S Truman's home state (8) |
| LYING | Harry S Truman described Richard Nixon as, 'One of the few in the history of this country to run for high office talking out of both sides of his mouth at the same time and ... out of both side' |
| INTENSE | Strained state under canvas? (7) |
| KINGDOM | State under a monarchy (7) |
| HAIG | Alexander ___, secretary of state under Reagan |
| RUSK | Secretary of State under Kennedy and Johnson |
| KNOX | Secretary of state under Taft and Wilson |
| FISH | Hamilton ___, two-term secretary of state under Grant |
| ELIHU | Root who served as Secretary of State under Theodore Roosevelt |
