| PELOSI | Speaker of the House since 2019, and from 2007 to 2011 |
| OMAR | Ilhan in the House since 2019 |
| TRIPLETOSSUP | "Wheel of Fortune" feature since 2019, and a hint to the circled letters |
| STANKOVIC | Manager of the Hungarian football team Ferencvaros who captained the Serbian national team from 2007 to 2011 (5,9) |
| DEJAN | Manager of the Hungarian football team Ferencvaros who captained the Serbian national team from 2007 to 2011 (5,9) |
| GABIASHKENAZI | Israeli politican who was Chief of the IDF from 2007 to 2011 (4,9) |
| MADAM | ___ Speaker (how Nancy Pelosi was addressed from 2007 to 2011) |
| DSK | IMF head from 2007 to 2011, in headlines |
| KAUFMAN | Gerald ?, Shadow Foreign Secretary from 1987-92; Father of the House since 2015 (7) |
| MIKEJOHNSON | Republican congressman who has served as Speaker of the House since October 2023: 2 wds. |
| TUSK | Donald ___, prime minister of Poland from 2007 to 2014 and President of the European Council from 2014 to 2019 (4) |
| DERMOT | _ O'Leary, the host of The X Factor from 2007 to 2018 (6) |
| KELLNER | Peter ___, English journalist and political commentator who was President of YouGov from 2007 to 2016 |
| ALISTAIRDARLING | Chancellor of the Exchequer from 2007 to 2010 |
| ADRIANCHILES | Co-host of The One Show with Christine Bleakley, from 2007 to 2010 |
| KEVINRUDD | Labor Prime Minister of Australia from 2007 to 2010 and again in 2013 (5,4) |
| ONESHOW | The ____ was hosted by Adrian Chiles and Christine Lampard from 2007 to 2010 |
| MENISCI | The writer's back to house since tearing pieces of cartilage (7) |
| HOYLE | Lindsay ---, Speaker of the UK House of Commons since 2019 (5) |
| ALEXSALMOND | First minister of Scotland from 2007 to 2014, and SNP leader for more than 20 years |
