| BUSHSR | What many called 41 after 43 was elected |
| NOON | 11 hours after 43 Across |
| DENNISECKERSLEY | *His 43 was retired by the Oakland A's [Kind of jar used in physics experiments] |
| TONYBLAIR | Former British Prime Minister who at 43 was the youngest to enter No 10 in the 20th century (4,5) |
| ASCENDED | Went up as many called it a day |
| NUMEROUS | Many called for new mirrors (8) |
| MISSISSIPPI | Southern state which many called home before moving to Chicago during the Great Migration (and the inspiration for Nina Simone's scathing song of 1964) |
| PEPSICOLA | Joan Crawford, pioneer of product placement, made sure this rival to Coke was seen in her films made after she was elected to the company's board (5,4) |
| SCREENACTORSGUILD | What Ronald Reagan was elected to lead in 1947 |
| STATEOFCALIFORNIA | What Ronald Reagan was elected to lead in 1966 |
| JFK | Initials of the US president who was elected at age 43 in 1960 |
| MIKE | Former NY Mets' legendary catcher Piazza who was nicknamed The Pizza Man and was elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame in 2016 |
| ABA | Org. to which Taft was elected president after serving as U.S. president |
| RAULALFONSIN | Who, in 1983, was elected Presider of Argentina, displacing the military after the Falklands War? (4,8) |
| BENJONES | Actor who was elected to the House of Representatives after playing Cooter on The Dukes of Hazzard: 2 wds. |
| BOBFERGUSON | He was elected governor of Washington in 2024 even after opponents convinced two of the state's 53 other samenamed people to run against him |
| IRAN | Nation whose leader was elected unopposed? (4) |
| FRANCESBLACK | Which singer was elected to the Seanad this year? (7,5) |
| HAMID | He was elected president of Afghanistan in 2004, ... Karzai |
| FDR | Initials of the US president who was elected four times |
