| SPEAKER | Next in line for the presidency after the VP |
| HEIR | Next in line for the family fortune |
| HEIRAPPARENT | One next in line for the throne |
| PRINCECHARLES | Elizabeth II's oldest son, who's next in line for the throne: 2 wds. |
| GLENN | John, astronaut who sought the Democratic nomination for the presidency in 1984 (5) |
| WALDHEIM | A former secretary-general of the UN who became embroiled in controversy when running for the presidency of Austria (8) |
| METONYM | "The White House," for "the presidency," e.g. |
| LATRINE | Made an art form to stand in line for the convenience of the army (7) |
| LOCOMOTION | Minogue's in vogue again, so get a move on in line for the dance. (10) |
| ELDEST | First in line for the throne, perhaps Answers: |
| DEATHROW | Heard two crooks were in line for the chair (5,3) |
| PUNKA | Fan first in line for the Sex Pistols, say? |
| LIBERTINE | Tribe that set out in line for the freethinker (9) |
| HEIRS | Those in line for the throne (5) |
| LINSEED | Des gets in line for the oil (7) |
| DOLE | Robert, US Republican senator who sought nomination for the presidency in 1980 and 1988 (4) |
| LLOSA | Nobel Prize-winning novelist who stood unsuccessfully for the presidency of Peru in 1990 (5) |
| NADIR | Ralph , US campaigner for consumer rights who stood for the presidency four times (5) |
| DUKAKIS | Michael, U.S. politician who in 1988 was Democratic nominee for the presidency (7) |
| CLINTON | Trump's rival for the Presidency (7) |
