| SPIROAGNEW | US vice president who resigned after pleading no contest to a tax evasion charge and was replaced by Gerald Ford |
| NIXON | President who resigned after the Watergate scandal |
| SPIRO | Agnew who pleaded no contest to tax evasion |
| AUDIT | Exhibit in a tax-evasion case, often |
| AGNEW | US vice president who resigned under duress in 1973 (5) |
| BABE | Take That single which replaced - and was replaced by - the Mr Blobby single at number 1 |
| SHEBA | Tyrone Power died during filming in Spain and was replaced by Yul Brynner in the biblical epic, Solomon And ... |
| OBRIEN | He replaced and was replaced by Leno |
| MUSKET | Smoothbore firearm which replaced the arquebus and was replaced by the rifle (6) |
| BURR | Prickly seedcase often sticking to woollens or dogs; US vice-president who killed his rival in a duel; or, a type of interlocking puzzle (4) |
| QUAYLE | US Vice President who became chairman of a major private equity firm after leaving office.(last name) (6) |
| PROFUMO | British Secretary of State for War who resigned after a 1963 sex scandal (7) |
| CALVINCOOLIDGE | US vice president who became president upon the death of Warren Harding in 1923: 2 wds. |
| LYNDONBJOHNSON | US vice president who became president upon the death of John F. Kennedy in 1963: 3 wds. |
| AARONBURR | The third US vice-president, who killed his political rival Alexander Hamilton in a duel (5,4) |
| ALGORE | US. Vice President who narrowly lost the 2000 election to George W Bush (2,4) |
| ATTRACT | To be liable to a tax initially given by region |
| DHANKHAR | Vice-President who resigned citing health reasons, sparking speculation.(last name) (8) |
| KEOGH | Casualty medic who resigned after a run-in with Patrick Onley (5,5) |
| DYLAN | Casualty medic who resigned after a run-in with Patrick Onley (5,5) |
