| ABIGAIL | ____ Adams, U.S. First Lady who was wife of the second president and mother of the sixth (7) |
| BUSHMAN | Former president and mother get the point from person from the backwoods (7) |
| ROSALYNN | ____ Carter, former U.S. first lady, who died in November 2023 (8) |
| ADAMS | John ---, the second President, and a Founding Father, of the US (5) |
| GLENYS | ____ Kinnock, late former MEP who was wife of Labour leader Neil (6) |
| AHAB | Jezebel was wife of this King of Israel |
| NEFERTITI | 14th-century BC Egyptian queen who was wife to Akhenaton (9) |
| JILLBIDEN | Current US First Lady who was also the Second Lady from 2009 to 2017: 2 wds. |
| YOUNG | Surname of the second president (successor of Joseph Smith) of the Mormon church (5) |
| GAMAL | The first name of the second president of Egypt |
| BETTYFORD | 1970s US First Lady who was honored with a 2024 US postage stamp: 2 wds. |
| EVITAPERON | First lady who was once a prominent radio actress |
| ELEANOR | ____ Roosevelt, U.S. first lady during her husband Franklin Delano's presidency (7) |
| BARBARA | 1989-93 U.S. First Lady |
| CHILUBA | Frederick ___, statesman who was the second President of Zambia, 1991 to 2002 |
| SUHARTO | The second President of Indonesia, from 1967 to 1998 (7) |
| YASMEEN | Weatherfield lady who was briefly Tim Metcalfe's stepmother (7) |
| HILLARY | Former US First Lady who ran for president in 2016, _ Clinton (7) |
| ADAMSES | Either of two U.S. first families |
| LEAH | Wife of King Stefan and mother of the titular Aurora in the 1959 Disney film Sleeping Beauty (4) |