| LIBERALMEDIA | NPR and The Nation, to conservatives |
| NORTHKOREA | Democratic People's Republic which has a land border with China and a DMZ between it and the nation to its south (5,5) |
| ELITES | Media ___ (NPR and PBS, to Bill O'Reilly) |
| JAMESAGEE | 1940s film critic for Time and The Nation |
| LEFT | The French paper doesn't appeal to conservatives (4) |
| MALAWI | Rift Valley lake that forms a border between Mozambique, Tanzania and the nation that shares its nam |
| LUNAR | It's left to the United Nations to turn to the sun-god and matters of the moon (5) |
| RINO | Sen. Lincoln Chafee, for example, to conservatives |
| LIBERALLYBIASED | Like this puzzle's theme, to conservatives? |
| STORIES | Dissemblings point to Conservatives (7) |
| TOCCATA | Composition given to Conservatives at academy originally (7) |
| LIBERALHEARTS | "Bleeding" items, to conservatives? |
| THEORIES | Conjectures he introduced to conservatives (8) |
| RADICALLEFT | Anathema to conservatives |
| LOVESTORIES | Is devoted to Conservatives" romances (4,7) |
| SOBSTORY | Abusive expression's applied to Conservative's attempt to gain sympathy |
| JUSTSOSTORIES | Children’s book with fair distress call given to Conservatives |
| ANTICS | Opposed to Conservative's capers |
| UNUSUAL | England's William and Mary were responsible for the first ruling against 'cruel and ... punishment' - it took a little longer for their nation to abolish capital punishment |
| SCOTLAND | Third Associate nation to qualify for the tournament, after Ireland and the Netherlands |
