| JOHNSON | Surname of two presidents (in 6-down) and one UK PM (7) |
| FORD | Two presidents in one, JFK was shot (4,7) |
| ROOSEVELT | Surname of two presidents of a 34ac host nation (9) |
| ADAMS | Surname of two presidents |
| LAIDANEGG | "Did a terrible job" equivalent that anagrams to "Aggieland": 3 wds. (Theme answer: The circled letters in 6-Down and this answer spell this grid's shape.) |
| MADISON | One of two Presidents to sign the Constitution |
| MARXIST | One kind of communist and Chinese president's in shop (7) |
| THOMSON | Surname of two Nobel Prizewinners, father and son, noted for their work in physics (7) |
| CRANACH | Surname of two German artists of the 15th and 16th centuries (7) |
| NOLIMIT | No 1 UK single for 2 Unlimited in 1993 |
| REITMAN | Surname of two directors in the "Ghostbusters" franchise |
| TRUDEAU | Surname of two Canadian PMs (7) |
| ABE | One of two presidents between a James and an Andrew |
| OBAMA | One of two presidents with two Ivy League degrees |
| BUSH | One of two presidents: the elder, perhaps (4) |
| WIRED | Pertaining to a pair in a stud game, usually with one down and one up* |
| HARRISONFORD | Film star whose name consists of two presidents |
| TWINKLE | & 6 Down & 10 Across Krays perhaps surrounding rickety Elk Lake billet (misprinted, Times admitted) -- nonsense from 6 Across 18 Down (7,7,6,3) |
| HARRISON | Surname of two 19th century US presidents, one of whom died in office |
| FALKLANDISLANDS | Random flak comes down twice over one UK territory (8,7) |
