| RONALD | With 39-Across, film star and future US president who was president of SAG, 1959-1960 |
| DRESCHER | Actress Fran who is the president of SAG-AFTRA |
| GIRL | Future US Women's Open champ, maybe |
| JFK | Initials of the US president who was elected at age 43 in 1960 |
| TEMPLE | Who was a US child film star, and later a diplomat, Shirley ... (6) |
| JACKBRABHAM | Australian racing driver who was Formula 1 World Champion 1959, 1960 and 1966 (4,7) |
| ABE | Nickname of a US president who was born in a log cabin |
| BRABHAM | Jack ___, Australian motor- racing driver who won the Formula One World Championship in 1959, 1960 and 1966 (7) |
| FDR | Initials of the US president who was elected four times |
| JIMMYCARTER | US president who was previously governor of Georgia |
| KENNEDY | John F. ___ US President who was nominated for a Grammy in the Spoken Word category in 1964 |
| HILLEL | Rabbi, born in Babylonia, who was president of the Sanhedrin and the first to formulate principles of biblical interpretation |
| GRACEKELLY | Which film star, and later princess, walked out of the Stork Club, never to return, when they refuse |
| COOPERATOR | One working together with old film star and another caught out (2-8) |
| DIDI | 1952-1962 Brazil and 1959-1960 Real Madrid midfielder born Waldyr Pereira; 1969-1970 Peru and 1972-1975 Fenerbahce manager (4) |
| EISENHOWER | 34th US president who was nicknamed Ike (10) |
| OBAMA | Former US president who was born in 1961 |
| POLK | 19th-century US president who was the original dark horse candidate |
| NIXON | Richard ___ US President who was nominated for Best Spoken Word recording |
| TAFT | US president who was also a Supreme Court Chief Justice |