| FIRSTLADY | Michelle Obama or Laura Bush...or any starred woman in this puzzle, for her position? |
| FLY | Source of the title sound, perhaps; it may follow the latter part of any starred entry |
| FLOTUS | Michelle Obama or Jill Biden, in brief |
| AROUND | Word needed to be added to 12 appropriately placed answers in this puzzle for their clues to make se |
| THEBIRDS | The other six in this puzzle for discussion? (3,5,3,3,4) |
| GULLIBLE | How you might feel after reading the third letter of every clue in this puzzle for a secret message |
| CLUE | "Assumed, as an alias" in this puzzle, for one |
| DIPLOMAT | Did this character title have to tread carefully in her position (3,8) |
| THE | Did this character title have to tread carefully in her position (3,8) |
| BIFF | Sound of a punch [E] {I created this puzzle for Take Your Kids To Work Day in collaboration with my then-nine-year-old twins. Clues followed by an [S] were written by Sid, and clues followed by an [E] |
| CENTIMETRE | Heard they'd been dispatched to make contact with woman in this small unit |
| HOLDINGHEROWN | Defending her position well in gripping argument during prenuptial event |
| CIC | Obama, or Bush before him, for short |
| DEMOCRATIC | With Obama or Clinton in charge, the US might have equal rights (10) |
| SMU | School Laura Bush roots for in the NCAA |
| FIRSTLADIES | Michelle Obama and Laura Bush |
| THERESA | Woman in this place rested with foot right up |
| ELDER | Cockney embraced the woman in this shrub |
| THIEVES | The first woman in this identifies shoplifters |
| HEREIN | One from Germany supporting that woman in this place |
