| WALTERMONDALE | US vice-president succeeded by George Bush in 1981 |
| REAGAN | Ronald, American President succeeded by George Bush (6) |
| AGNEW | Vice President succeeded by Ford |
| DUKAKIS | Michael, American politician defeated by George Bush in the 1988 presidential election (7) |
| CIA | Org. headed by George Bush in 1976 |
| SPIROAGNEW | First of Richard Nixon's two vice presidents, succeeded by Gerald Ford in 1973 (5,5) |
| LAMEDUCKPRESIDENT | George Bush in late 1992, say |
| YALIE | George Bush, in his college years |
| GORE | Al who lost to George Bush in 2000 |
| ELI | George Bush, in his college days |
| HOLLANDE | Francoise, French former president succeeded by Emmanuel Macron in 2017 (8) |
| TAFT | William -, US president succeeded by Woodrow Wilson (4) |
| CHERNENKO | USSR president succeeded by Gorbachev (9) |
| CHIRAC | Late French president, succeeded by Sarkozy (6) |
| YALE | University attended by George Bush and Bill Clinton |
| MYLIPS | "Read __ ___: no new taxes" ___ famous election promise by George Bush Sr. (2,4) |
| BUTCHEROFBAGHDAD | Nickname for Saddam Hussein, coined by George Bush |
| HAYES | President succeeded by Garfield |
| JOHNSON | Andrew -, 17th US President; succeeded to the Presidency upon the assassination of Abraham Lincoln (7) |
| COLEMAN | Which RTE reporter ruffled some feathers with her interview of US President George W Bush in 2004? (7) |
