| HEN | Some soldiers from Delaware supposedly took a blue variety of this along when they fought in the American Revolution |
| GREENMOUNTAINS | "But note that before I left, I voted for Bush's tax cut, so we can send ___ of cash back to the Ame |
| MICHAELSTRAHAN | This TV host and NFL Hall of Famer took a Blue Origin flight in 2021 |
| REVOLVER | Short-lived 1978 TV music series in which Peter Cook played the manager of the fictional ballroom where the show supposedly took place |
| ELECTRIC | Type of vehicle that Trump supposedly took away mandates for, causing friction with Elon Musk. (8) |
| ELVAN | Name in Devon and Cornwall for a quartz-porphyry with a blue variety (5) |
| NAM | What the American boys called the place where they fought in SE Asia ('3) |
| NIGHTS | Say! They fought in darker times (6) |
| PEPSI | Cola with a blue variety |
| JAY | Bird with a blue variety |
| KNIGHTS | They fought in dark times, we hear (7) |
| LAPISLAZULI | A brilliant blue variety of a rare mineral, used as a gemstone (5,6) |
| BLUEJOHN | A purple-blue variety of fluorite occurring only in Derbyshire (4,4) |
| BUILDINGAWALL | In Los Angeles, overturned regressive statute supporting construction while they were doing this along the southern border |
| OLDLATIN | In a manner of speaking, hasn't been heard in Rome for a long time and past one's prime in South Ame |
| SAPPHIRE | Clear, hard, usually blue variety of corundum used as a gemstone (8) |
| AQUAMARINE | Pale greenish-blue variety of beryl used as a gemstone (10) |
| SARD | Banks of river littered with blue variety of chalcedony (4) |
| LAPIS | Brilliant blue variety of the mineral lazurite (5,6) |
| LAZULI | Brilliant blue variety of the mineral lazurite (5,6) |
