| BOBDOLE | Late US senator who stood for president in 1996 (3,4) |
| GOLDWATER | Target for one of the 24 and gift of another who stood for president (9) |
| MCCARTHY | Surname shared by the late US senators Eugene and Joseph (8) |
| RANGE | Stood for president, say, reversing diversity (5) |
| NADER | US lawyer and consumer rights advocate who ran for president in 1996, 2000, 2004 and 2008 (5,5) |
| DOLE | Bob who ran for President in 1996 |
| RALPH | And 13 Across US lawyer and consumer rights advocate who ran for president in 1996, 2000, 2004 and 2008 (5,5) |
| BINGHAM | Hiram -, historian and later US Senator who discovered the Inca ruins of Machu Picchu |
| HILLARY | Former US First Lady who ran for president in 2016, _ Clinton (7) |
| TSONGAS | Massachusetts senator Paul who ran for president in 1992 |
| VAULTED | Assaulted fool, who stood aside for victory, and jumped (7) |
| JEBBUSH | Former Florida governor who ran for President in 2016: 2 wds. |
| DANRICE | Circus clown who ran for president in 1868 |
| CLINTON | US politician, Democratic candidate for president in 2016 (7,7) |
| MOUDALL | Longtime Arizona congressman who ran for president in 1976 |
| MICHELE | Bachmann who ran for president in 2012 |
| STEWART | Former minister and MP who stood as a candidate in the 2019 Conservative Party leadership contest (4,7) |
| YAOMING | Shanghai-born N.B.A. Hall-of-Famer who stood at 7'6" |
| WYNETTE | Tammy who stood by her man |
| ADAMANT | Determined singer who stood and delivered |
