| ROMNEY | 2012 US Presidential candidate Mitt (6) |
| MITT | Republican nominee in the 2012 US presidential election (4,6) |
| OBAMA | Winner of the 2008 and 2012 US presidential elections (5) |
| KIAWAH | 2012 US PGA course, ... Island, SC (6) |
| MURRAY | 2012 US Open champion who won his second Wimbledon title in 2016 (6) |
| JEB | 2016 US Presidential candidate, ___! |
| NADER | Ralph ___, 2000 US presidential candidate of the Green Party (5) |
| JOE | US Presidential candidate Biden |
| DOLE | Bob __, US presidential candidate in 1996 (4) |
| BOBMOLE | Saucy old US presidential candidate? (3,4) |
| DEWYEYED | Noticed former US presidential candidate reportedly naive (4-4) |
| GORE | Former US. presidential candidate |
| DUKAKIS | Michael, Democrat and US presidential candidate in 1988 (7) |
| BENJAMINSPOCK | Which 1972 US presidential candidate wrote extensively on how to bring up children including Baby and Child Care (1946) |
| EUGENEVDEBS | Cofounder of the Industrial Workers of the World, and five-time US presidential candidate: 3 wds. |
| CARTER | US presidential Ford follower (6) |
| ALGORE | Losing candidate in the 2000 US presidential election (2,4) |
| MCCAIN | The Republican Party's nominee in the 2008 US presidential election (4,6) |
| TAMPA | 2012 US Soccer Bowl winners, ... Bay Rowdies (5) |
| LYNN | Englishman who was runner-up at 2012 US PGA (4) |
