| KAMALA | Harris, unsuccessful US Presidential candidate (6) |
| FAILED | Unsuccessful US agent welcomes trouble (6) |
| BAYOFPIGS | Scene of an unsuccessful US-backed invasion of Cuba in 1961 (3,2,4) |
| ROMNEY | 2012 US Presidential candidate Mitt (6) |
| JEB | 2016 US Presidential candidate, ___! |
| NADER | Ralph ___, 2000 US presidential candidate of the Green Party (5) |
| JOE | US Presidential candidate Biden |
| DOLE | Bob __, US presidential candidate in 1996 (4) |
| BOBMOLE | Saucy old US presidential candidate? (3,4) |
| DEWYEYED | Noticed former US presidential candidate reportedly naive (4-4) |
| GORE | Former US. presidential candidate |
| DUKAKIS | Michael, Democrat and US presidential candidate in 1988 (7) |
| BENJAMINSPOCK | Which 1972 US presidential candidate wrote extensively on how to bring up children including Baby and Child Care (1946) |
| EUGENEVDEBS | Cofounder of the Industrial Workers of the World, and five-time US presidential candidate: 3 wds. |
| KITTYDUKAKIS | Wife of 1988 US presidential candidate and author of "Now You Know" |
| CARTER | US presidential Ford follower (6) |
| ALGORE | Losing candidate in the 2000 US presidential election (2,4) |
| MCCAIN | The Republican Party's nominee in the 2008 US presidential election (4,6) |
| PELOSI | Nancy who's second in the line of (US) presidential succession |
| BERNIESANDERS | Unsuccessful candidate for the 2016 Democratic nomination for the US presidential election (6,7) |
