| SPIROAGNEW | Vice President of the United States who resigned in 1973 |
| VANCE | Cyrus, U.S. secretary of state who resigned in 1980 (5) |
| AARONBURR | Third Vice President of the United States, who went on the run in 1804 after killing his rival Alexander Hamilton in a duel (5,4) |
| FRANKLIN | Benjamin ---, one of the Founding Fathers of the United States, who helped draw up the Declaration of Independence (8) |
| JOE | Vice president of the United States who assumed office in 2009 (3,5) |
| BIDEN | Vice President of the United States who assumed office in 2009 (5) |
| AGNEW | 39th Vice-President of the United States who served under Richard Nixon (5) |
| MCKINLEY | Former President of the United States who was assassinated in 1901, William _ (8) |
| ANDREWJACKSON | Seventh president of the United States, who successfully defended New Orleans against the British (6,7) |
| TSELIOT | British poet, born in the United States, who won the Nobel prize for literature in 1948 (1,1,5) |
| BILLCLINTON | Former President of the United States who received a Rhodes Scholarship in 1968: 2 wds. |
| JACKSON | Seventh president of the United States, who successfully defended New Orleans against the British (6,7) |
| ANDREW | Seventh president of the United States, who successfully defended New Orleans against the British (6,7) |
| ZACHJOHNSON | Golfer from the United States who won the Open Championship in 2015: 2 wds. |
| JOHNFKENNEDY | 35th president of the United States who owned a spaniel named Shannon: 3 wds. |
| RONALDREAGAN | 40th president of the United States who owned a spaniel named Rex: 2 wds. |
| GEORGEHWBUSH | 41st president of the United States who owned a spaniel named Millie: 4 wds. |
| GEORGEWASHINGTON | First president of the United States (who didn't really capture any airports) (6,10) |
| JAEGER | Andrea ___, former World Number 2 tennis player from the United States who in 2006 became "Sister An |
| RECONSTRUCTIONIST | One in the US who favoured bringing back the Confederate states to the federal government after the Civil War (17) |
