| JESSEVENTURA | Athlete who successfully sued Vince McMahon for $1 million/noted proponent of unicameral state legis |
| GRABLE | Betty _, late US actress whose legs were insured for $1 million (6) |
| EDISON | Noted proponent of direct current |
| TESLA | Noted proponent of alternating current |
| SIDEMAN | Ed McMahon, for one |
| EDS | Harris and McMahon, for two |
| BROWNIES | Box cameras first sold by Kodak in 1900 for $1 apiece |
| BUCK | Male roe deer, rabbit or hare; bronco's high-kicking jump; informal term for $1; or, a dandy or fop (4) |
| ANDREWJACKSON | Seventh president of the United States, who successfully defended New Orleans against the British (6,7) |
| JACKSON | Seventh president of the United States, who successfully defended New Orleans against the British (6,7) |
| ANDREW | Seventh president of the United States, who successfully defended New Orleans against the British (6,7) |
| MONTGOMERY | Bernard ___, officer who successfully commanded Allied forces at the Battle of El Alamein |
| EDUSKUNTA | Unicameral parliament of Finland, established in 1906 to replace the Diet of Finland (9) |
| RIKSDAG | Unicameral parliament of Sweden, composed of 349 members elected by proportional representation (7) |
| MEGADONOR | Dustin Moskovitz to Democrats or Vince McMahon to Republicans, e.g. |
| REDCLOUD | Native American chief who successfully resisted the Bozeman Trail development to the newly discovered Montana goldfields (3,5) |
| AZARENKA | Belarusian who successfully defended her Australian Open tennis women's singles title in 2013 (8) |
| BUBBAWALLACE | Driver who successfully lobbied Nascar to ban Confederate flags in 2020 |
| MAGNUSCARLSEN | Norwegian chess grandmaster who successfully defended his world title in December 2021 (6,7) |
| CLEVELAND | 22nd US president (1885-1889) who successfully ran again in 1892 |
