| PANETTA | Leon ___ (CIA director from 2009 to 2011) |
| POMPEO | Mike __, CIA director under Donald Trump (6) |
| JEFFSTELLING | Sports presenter who hosted Countdown from 2009 to 2011 (4,8) |
| KIMIRAIKKONEN | Finnish racing driver who won the 2007 Formula One World Drivers' Championship and competed in the World Rally Championship from 2009 to 2011 |
| PAPANDREOU | Surname of three related prime ministers of Greece, the last serving from 2009 to 2011 |
| ERICA | "Being ___" (Canadian series of 2009 to 2011) |
| THESTEELERS | Dan Rooney, owner of this NFL team from 1988 to 2002, served as U.S. ambassador to Ireland from 2009 to 2012 |
| LEITER | Felix __, CIA friend of Bond |
| AGEE | Phil ___, CIA Diary author |
| TENET | George ___:CIA boss until 2004 (5) |
| BURNREADING | WRONG: ___ after ___ (CIA directive) |
| MUELLER | Robert ___, F.B.I. director from 2001 to 2013 |
| HOOVER | Surname of the FBI director from 1935 to 1972 (6) |
| COMEY | FBI director from 2013 to '17 |
| LEON | 2009-'11 CIA director Panetta |
| DOER | Winnipeg-born diplomat Gary ___ (The Canadian Ambassador to the United States, from 2009 to 2016) |
| OBAMA | "There is no limit to what we, as women, can accomplish." She was first lady of the United States from 2009 to 2017. Who said this? |
| SOLIS | Obama's labor secretary from 2009 to 2013 |
| OBAMAS | First Family from 2009 to the present |
| GLEE | Jane Lynch TV series that ran from 2009 to 2015 |