| MCCARTHY | Joseph - - -, US Republican senator who led investigations of alleged Communist infiltration into the US government in the 1950s (8) |
| DOLE | Robert, US Republican senator who sought nomination for the presidency in 1980 and 1988 (4) |
| MCCARTHYISM | Campaign against alleged communists in the US 1950- 54 (11) |
| JOHNMCCAIN | Republican senator who ran for president in 2008: 2 wds. |
| REDACTION | Version of text revealing communist infiltration primarily in part of Ealing |
| PERSHING | John Joseph -, US General of the Armies who died in 1948 (8) |
| SURVEYS | Investigations of opinions of a group of people (7) |
| HENRYCABOTLODGE | Which republican senator fought against US involvement in the League of Nations, and his namesake gr |
| HUAC | Former Congressional gp. concerned with Communist infiltration |
| STILWELL | Joseph -, US Army general known as Vinegar Joe who died in 1946 (8) |
| HUBBLE | Edwin, US astronomer noted for his investigations of nebulae (6) |
| CAB | Government body which investigates the assets of alleged criminals (3) |
| PULITZER | Joseph ---, US newspaper publisher known for a group of prizes awarded yearly since 1917 in his name (8) |
| IDIOTIC | Senseless to get beginners in immunology doing investigations of the ear |
| MAINE | Only state that went for both Biden and a Republican senator in 2020 |
| TORTURE | Persecution of alleged arsonist (7) |
| CHARGESHEET | List of alleged offences (6-5) |
| MUGWUMPS | Dissident faction of the US Republican Party that switched its support from James G. Blaine to Democratic candidate Grover Cleveland in the presidential election of 1884 (8) |
| BURR | Aaron, US Republican Vice President who was tried for treason in 1807 (4) |
| GOP | Nickname of the US Republican Party. (1,1,1) |
