| STATEOF | Annual address by the US president to a joint session of Congress (5,2,3,5) |
| GORE | He read the results of the electoral vote at a joint session of Congress |
| STATE | - - - of the Union, an annual address given by the US president to both houses of Congress (5) |
| WALESA | Only private non-American to address a joint session of Congress (1989) |
| HEIRAPPARENT | Broadcast on the radio backed public address by the old man to the one who'll obviously succeed (4,8) |
| THEUNION | State of --- ---, an annual address given by the US president to both Houses of Congress (3,5) |
| QUEENSSPEECH | Annual address by monarch |
| STATEOFTHEUNION | Annual address presented by the President of the United States (5,2,3,5) |
| TENYEARSENTENCE | Joint session? |
| DUCHESS | Title of a peeress used as an informal or affectionate form of address by a man to a girl/woman (7) |
| SPRAIN | A painful injury to a joint caused by a sudden wrenching of its ligaments (6) |
| WASHER | What is a flat wing used to give tightness to a joint, to prevent leakage (6) |
| DAD | The second US president, to the sixth US president |
| SMOKESPOT | Takes part in a joint session? |
| SMOKE | Participate in a joint session? |
| CZAR | Informal term for an agency head appointed by the US president |
| POBOX | Popular address by party leader to opposition leader leads to a fight (2,3) |
| CASE | What you do to a joint prior to a heist |
| ERA | Legis. introduced into every session of Congress from 1923 to 1970 |
| OBAMA | 71 years after the nuclear bombing of Hiroshima, who was the first sitting US president to visit the city? (6,5) |
