| JENNA | ___ Bush Hager of Today |
| JEB | Uncle of Jenna Bush Hager |
| SISTERSFIRST | 2017 best seller by twins Jenna Bush Hager and Barbara Pierce Bush about their youth in the White House: 2 wds. |
| TODAY | Talk show with Jenna Bush Hager |
| JENNABUSH | "Today" correspondent ___ Hager who's one of People's Most Beautiful for 2017: 2 wds. |
| GEORGE | ___ Bush, name of two US presidents (6) |
| LIL | "___ Bush" (Comedy Central political satire) |
| VERDE | Palo ___ (bush with showy flowers) |
| KATE | ___ Bush, Babooshka singer (4) |
| LAURA | Former first lady, ___ Bush |
| GEORGEW | Former president, ___ Bush |
| CORI | ___ Bush, Missouri representative and Black Lives Matter activist |
| OTTER | Gomphostigma virgatum is better known as ___bush (5) |
| LILAC | "___ Bush" (floral painting by Van Gogh) |
| SALT | Rhagodia nutans is known as the ___ bush (also another name for fat hen, or atriplex) (4) |
| MULBERRY | Here We Go Round the ___ Bush, 1967 teen movie (8) |
| JFORD | Son of a 1970s president, or host of the weekend edition of "Today" in the late 1990s |
| TOOL | Any one of numerous manual implements, from arrowhead, burin, flake, flint or tranchet of the Stone Age to the jigsaw or power drill of today (4) |
| PRANK | A wicked malicious act or mad frolic of the past, but a playful trick, practical joke or other piece of harmless mischief of today (5) |
| ERICA | Journalist Hill of the weekend edition of "Today" |
