| DEMOCRATS | Members of one of the two major US parties (9) |
| BROWNIES | Members of one of the junior branches of Girlguiding UK, usually aged between 7 and 10 years (8) |
| WORLDSERIES | A best-of-seven playoff between the winning teams of the two major US baseball leagues to decide the championship (5,6) |
| DEMOCRAT | Member of one of US parties |
| DEMS | Members of the more left-leaning of the two major parties, for short |
| RELATIVES | Members of one's family (9) |
| TESTAMENT | The Bible's two major sections (9) |
| DODGERS | One of the two Major League baseball teams based in Los Angeles |
| DEMOCRATICPARTY | One of the two major political groups in USA (10,5) |
| RAMAYANA | One of the two major Sanskrit epics in Hinduism |
| ELALAMEIN | Coastal town in Egypt, site of two major World War Two battles in 1942 (2,7) |
| SARACEN | Member of one of the nomadic Arabic tribes of the Syrian desert that harassed the borders of the Roman Empire (7) |
| TOMLINSON | Louis _, was a member of One Direction (9) |
| VENACAVA | Either of the two major veins that convey oxygen-depleted blood to the heart (4,4) |
| NYALA | African animal area located between two major US cities (5) |
| ZAYNMALIK | British pop star, formerly a member of One Direction (4,5) |
| TEENVOGUE | Magazine that gave each member of One Direction his own cover, in 2012 |
| WHEATBELT | Major US grain production region (2 wds.) |
| SUPERBOWL | Wonderful dish served at major US sporting event (5,4) |
| WHIG | Member of one of the two UK political parties from the 17th to 19th centuries (4) |
