| STEYER | 2020 Democratic presidential candidate Tom |
| BETO | 2020 Democratic presidential candidate O'Rourke |
| MAYOR | Title currently held by three 2020 Democratic presidential candidates |
| WARREN | Elizabeth -, American politician standing for the 2020 Democratic presidential nomination (6) |
| CATECHUMEN | Confirmation candidate Tom, maybe, joining English church with socially acceptable fellows (10) |
| JOEBIDEN | Democratic Presidential candidate |
| EDWARDS | 2008 Democratic presidential candidate John |
| ALGORE | Democratic Presidential candidate in 2000 |
| TSONGAS | Former Democratic presidential candidate Paul |
| RETIREDGENERAL | Part of 2004 Democratic presidential candidate Wesley Clark's title |
| AMYKLOBUCHAR | Democratic presidential candidate who's the current senior senator from Minnesota: 2 wds. |
| PETEBUTTIGIEG | Democratic presidential candidate who's the current mayor of South Bend Indiana: 2 wds. |
| KAMALAHARRIS | Democratic presidential candidate who's the current junior senator from California: 2 wds. |
| RUSTBELT | Colloquial term for the former steel-producing region of America's Midwest and NE, attributed to Democratic presidential candidate Walter Mondale (1984) (4,4) |
| JOHNEDWARDS | Running mate of the 2004 Democratic presidential candidate John Kerry (4,7) |
| ADLAI | Mr. Stevenson, U.S. statesman twice defeated as Democratic presidential candidate (5) |
| SANDERS | Bernie _, unsuccessful candidate for the 2016 and 2020 Democratic nomination for the US Presidential election (7) |
| OPRAH | Rumored 2020 Democratic candidate |
| BIDEN | Leading 2020 Democratic candidate |
| PETE | ___ Buttigieg, mayor running for the 2020 Democratic nomination |
