| NANCYPELOSI | American political leader who visited Taiwan on Aug. 2, the highest-ranking U.S. official to do so in decades |
| SUNMYUNGMOON | Late Unification Church leader who visited the astronomy class? |
| STATESMAN | American political leader (9) |
| CONSTANCEWU | "Fresh Off the Boat" star who visited Taiwan in 2016 to shoot the show's third-season premiere |
| YAOMING | Basketball star who visited Taiwan in 2007 |
| JULIE | "Modern Family" star who helped rescue an unconscious hiker who had hit her head on a rock in a Utah national park on Aug. 2; as she came to, the hiker recognized her voice from the show |
| PERICLES | Name the Athenian political leader who initiated the great building program responsible for the Parthenon (8) |
| TREASURER | U.S. official whose office has been vacant for more than nine of the last 50 years |
| ROYCEWHITE | Former NBA player who won the Republican nomination for U.S. senator from Minnesota on Aug. 13 |
| DUKE | In the United Kingdom peerage system, what title is given to the highest ranking nobility? (4) |
| CHRISPRATT | Actor who has voiced Emmet Brickowski in the upcoming animated film The Lego Movie 2: The Second Part: 2 wds. |
| MARGOTROBBIE | Actress who has voiced Harley Quinn in the upcoming animated film The Lego Movie 2: The Second Part: 2 wds. |
| WILLARNETT | Actor who has voiced Bruce Wayne/Batman in the upcoming animated film The Lego Movie 2: The Second Part: 2 wds. |
| ABELINCOLN | Political leader who patented a system to alter the buoyancy of steamboats |
| IANPAISLEY | Northern Ireland religious and political leader who helped found the Free Presbyterian Church of Ulster (3,7) |
| WILLIAMSPORT | The Little League World Series (LLWS) begins on Aug. 19; it's hosted by this Pennsylvania city, whose last five letters are coincidentally relevant to the event |
| MARALAGO | Property of former President Trump raided by the FBI on Aug. 8; its name is Spanish for "sea-to-lake," so called because it borders both the Atlantic and Lake Worth Lagoon |
| ENS | Low-ranking U.S.N. officer |
| VOA | U.S. official broadcast network |
| KISSINGER | U.S. official smooching with royalty. (9) |
