| JAMESGARFIELD | 20th president of the United States, assassinated in office in 1881 (5,8) |
| GARFIELD | 20th President of the United States, assassinated in 1881 (8) |
| INDIRAGANDHI | Two-time prime minister of India assassinated in office in 1984 (6,6) |
| LINCOLN | The 16th President of the United States, assassinated in 1865 (7,7) |
| ABRAHAM | The 16th President of the United States, assassinated in 1865 (7,7) |
| ABRAHAMLINCOLN | The 16th President of the United States, assassinated in 1865 (7,7) |
| JFK | Initials of the 35th President of the United States, assassinated 1963 (1,1,1) |
| QUICKTEMPERED | Swift, occasionally works in office, in hospital and in the press, like a bear with a sore head (5-8) |
| MCKINLEY | William ---, the 25th President of the US, assassinated in September 1901 (8) |
| KENNEDY | John F. - - -, the 35th President of the US, assassinated in 1963 (7) |
| WILLIAM | The 25th president of the US, assassinated in 1901 (7,8) |
| JAMES | ___ A. Garfield 20th President of the U.S.A. and the fourth to sport a beard in office |
| WILLIAMMCKINLEY | US Republican president assassinated in office by anarchist Leon Czolgosz in 1901 (7,8) |
| CANNING | George ---, prime minister of the UK who died in office in 1827 (7) |
| HARRISON | William Henry _, the first US president to die in office, in 1841 (8) |
| RICHARDNIXON | 37th U.S. president who was the first to visit mainland China while in office in 1972 (7,5) |
| OZAL | Turkish president who died in office in 1993 |
| AGA | A US state official in office in Turkey |
| MAYORSHIP | So hairy criminal is held by policeman in office in town |
| INSTAL | Set up in office in last resort (6) |
