| PELOSI | Speaker who helped pass the Covid-19 relief bill |
| WUHAN | Chinese city which was the first to initiate a lockdown at the start of the Covid-19 epidemic (5) |
| DUNDEE | In which town did the opening hearing of the Covid-19 inquiry take place? (6) |
| ASIA | Where the COVID-19 outbreak started |
| TELECON | Jittery one ran out of election meeting in the COVID-19 era (7) |
| REOPEN | Hot-button verb in the COVID-19 era |
| BEDROOMPOP | Lo-fi genre that boomed during the COVID-19 lockdowns |
| BUBBLE | During the Covid-19 pandemic, a small group of people with whom you shared your household (6) |
| EXOTIC | Tiger King, a documentary series about Joe ___, was a big hit for Netflix during the Covid-19 pandemic. (6) |
| PILGRIM | Forbidding plump women chasing back speaker who crossed the Atlantic (7,7) |
| ORATOR | Speaker who is skilled in the laboratory (6) |
| DDE | Initials of the speaker who said "Plans are nothing; planning is everything" |
| SOMEWHAT | Up to a point, about the speaker, who cares? |
| YALE | University that's requiring all students to get the Covid vaccine |
| MASKED | Socially responsible, in a way, during the Covid-9 pandemic) |
| RERUNS | Soap fodder during the Covid break |
| PPE | Purchases for the COVID-conscious, for short |
| DARK | Like Broadway during the Covid pandemic |
| HARPO | Actor/public speaker who often began "Unaccustomed as I am to speaking..." |
| NEWT | Former Speaker, who has wed Callista |
