| RADIOCITY | Big Apple entertainment venue nicknamed the "Showplace of the Nation," informally |
| BROADWAYPLAY | Big Apple entertainment |
| MAGNOLIA | This tree is the floral emblem of the nation of North Korea and the state flower of both Louisiana and Mississippi |
| CONFEDERATE | The prisoner and the FBI man note the speed of the nation (11) |
| YEMENI | Citizen of the nation on the southwestern region of the Arabian Peninsula (6) |
| GANDHI | Famous proponent of nonviolence and India's Father of the Nation, he is considered by many as the most deserving person never to be awarded the Peace Prize |
| EVAPERON | First Lady of Argentina from 1946 to 1952, given the honorary title of Spiritual Leader of the Nation (3,5) |
| TREE | 'And the leaves of the ___ were for the healing of the nations' (Revelation 22: 2) (4) |
| NAVY | The whole body of the nation's ships of war, including crews, maintenance systems, etc |
| SORRY | The 'S' word uttered by Australia's Prime Minister Rudd in his apology to the Aboriginal people of the nation |
| KING | "Women, if the soul of the nation is to be saved, I believe you must become its soul." She was a Black civil rights activist beginning in the 1950s. Who said this? |
| KENYATTA | Founding father of the nation of Kenya, Jomo ... |
| INITIALS | "M.K.G." for the Father of the Nation? |
| FOURTHESTATE | The press, on behalf of the nation, restrains union (6,6) |
| AMA | Org. to "improve the health of the nation" |
| EVITAPERON | First lady given the title "Spiritual Leader of the Nation" |
| FOUNDINGFATHERS | Old American friends who first made amends for the state of the nation. (8,7) |
| OVERSTATE | Make too much of being in charge of the nation (9) |
| ROXY | Former Big Apple theater showplace |
| ROE | US Supreme Court decision that struck down abortion laws in Texas and across the rest of the nation, |
