| RAUF | & 16D Late Turkish Cypriot politician elected vice president of Cyprus in 1973 (4,7) |
| RAUFDENKTASH | Turkish Cypriot leader elected vice-president of Cyprus in 1973 (4,8) |
| WHEELER | William, U.S. politician elected vice-president under Rutherford B. Hayes (7) |
| FAMAGUSTA | Port city on the east coast of Cyprus in the Turkish Cypriot-administered part of the island (9) |
| THEBROTHERS | & 16D 2007 film comedy starring Will Arnett and Will Forte in the title roles (3,8,7) |
| LIMASSOL | Second-largest city and chief port of Cyprus, in the south on Akrotiri Bay (8) |
| MISSISSIPPI | & 16D 1988 drama starring Gene Hackman and Willem Dafoe (11,7) |
| CHARLESCURTIS | First Native American man to be elected vice president on the Republican Party ticket (1928): 2 wds. |
| THEPRISONER | & 16D 1894 novel by Anthony Hope (3,8,2,5) |
| THEALPHABET | & 16D 1965 mystery film starring Tony Randall as Hercule Poirot (3,8,7) |
| INTRODUCING | & 16D 1938 novel by John Creasey whose protagonist is the Honourable Richard Rollison (11,3,4) |
| DESIREUNDER | & 16D 1924 stage play by Eugene O'Neill (6,5,3,4) |
| THEFORTUNES | & 16D 1822 novel by Walter Scott (3,8,2,5) |
| PERON | Juan ___, general and politician elected three times as President of Argentina |
| URSULA | ____ von der Leyen, German politician elected President of the European Commission in 2019 (6) |
| TIP | Mr. O'Neill, U.S. politician elected speaker of the House of Representatives in 1977 (3) |
| MEMBER | - of Parliament; any one of 650 politicians elected to serve in the House of Commons (6) |
| THEOSTERMAN | & 16D 1972 novel by Robert Ludlum (3,8,7) |
| THEORDEALOF | , 1D & 16D 1859 novel by George Meredith |
| THEBIRTHDAY | & 16D 2008 novel by Barbara Vine (3,8,7) |
