| ANTIDEMOCRATIC | Crazy dictator came in opposed to government elected by the people (4,10) |
| DEMOCRATIC | Pertaining to governments elected by the people |
| LIBERTARIAN | Man on board interrupting African opposed to government |
| IDIOTIC | Crazy dictator once, old and twitching (7) |
| LORD | (& 4-down) Local government's elected leader (4,5) |
| MLA | Representative elected by the voters of a constituency to the legislature of a State government in India (Abbr.) |
| TRIBUNE | In ancient Rome, an officer elected by the plebs to protect their interests |
| SAUL | Biblical king, first to be elected by the Israelites (4) |
| MAYOR | The chief officer of a city or town, usually elected by the local council (5) |
| NERVA | First Roman emperor (96-98) to be elected by the Senate (5) |
| GERALDFORD | Only person to have been US Vice President and President without being elected by the Electoral College (6,4) |
| POPE | Person who's elected by the College of Cardinals |
| DEMOCRACY | Government of the people, by the people, for the people (9) |
| GETTYSBURGADDRESS | Speech that mentioned 'government of the people, by the people, for the people' (10,7) |
| SOVIET | Any of the governing councils, local, intermediate and national elected by and representing the people in the Soviet Union |
| GREATLEAP | The attempt by the People's Republic of China in 1959-60 to solve the country's economic problems (5,4,7) |
| FORWARD | The attempt by the People's Republic of China in 1959-60 to solve the country's economic problems (5,4,7) |
| MARCOS | Ferdinand _, president of the Republic of the Philippines from 1965 until he was ousted by the People Power Revolution in 1986 (6) |
| VOXPOPULI | Heard on the street by the people in a manner of speaking (3,6) |
| CURTAINCALLS | Sunblock for The Bellows - the ones demanded by the people at play (7,5) |
