| SLIPOUTTHEBACKJACKLEW | Suggestion for the U.S. ambassador to Israel to avoid the press? |
| RAHM | Emanuel who currently serves as the U.S. Ambassador to Japan |
| DISRAELI | I'd go to Israel to see such a great politician |
| MARTIN | U.S. ambassador to Israel Indyk, whose security clearance was suspended |
| INDYK | Former U.S. ambassador to Israel Martin ___ |
| THESTEELERS | Dan Rooney, owner of this NFL team from 1988 to 2002, served as U.S. ambassador to Ireland from 2009 to 2012 |
| HERSCHELWALKER | On Oct. 7, this 1980s and '90s NFL star was confirmed as the next U.S. ambassador to the Bahamas |
| HARRIMAN | U.S. ambassador to the Soviet Union during W.W. II |
| SHIRLEYTEMPLE | 1930s child star who in the 1970s became U.S. ambassador to Ghana and, later, Czechoslovakia |
| MICHELLEKWAN | This Olympic figureskating great served as U.S. ambassador to Belize from 2022 to 2025 |
| YOST | Former U.S. ambassador to U.N. |
| HALEY | U.S. ambassador to the United Nations Nikki |
| CZECHOSLOVAKIA | Child movie star Shirley Temple Black served as U.S. ambassador to Ghana (1974-76) and later to this country (1989-92), which no longer exists |
| EMANUEL | Rahm who was U.S. Ambassador to Japan until 2025 |
| WALTERMONDALE | U.S. ambassador to Japan, 1993-96 |
| ERIC | Garcetti, U.S. ambassador to India |
| MIGRAINE | Setter's suggestion for The Listener's a headache (8) |
| HAITI | Country to which Frederick Douglass was a U.S. ambassador |
| JIMHORMEL | Chili fortune heir who was the first openly gay U.S. ambassador: 2 wds. |
| DEADSEA | Salt lake bordered by Jordan to the east and the West Bank and Israel to the west (4,3) |
