| PALIN | English actor - former US vice-presidential candidate (5) |
| TIM | US vice-presidential candidate Walz |
| GERALDINE | ___ Ferraro, the first female US vice presidential candidate to be nominated by a major party (9) |
| JOE | ___ Swash, actor, former Extra Camp host - now Dancing On Ice competitor (pictured top) (3) |
| DAVIS | US author, academic and activist, and former vice presidential candidate for the Communist party (6,5) |
| SARAH | Former vice presidential candidate Palin |
| ESTES | ___ Kefauver, 1956 vice-presidential candidate |
| PENCE | 2016 Republican vice presidential candidate |
| KAINE | 2016 vice presidential candidate |
| EXTRA | Background actor's former partner recalled craft |
| AGNEW | Former US vice president Spiro T. ___ |
| SPIRO | Former US Vice President Agnew |
| NANCE | 30's Vice Presidential middle name |
| GORES | Vice-presidential family of the 1990s |
| IFILL | Gwen who moderated a 2008 vice-presidential debate |
| ANGELA | US author, academic and activist and former vice-presidential candidate for the Communist Party (6,5) |
| FERRARO | Geraldine ___, first female vice- presidential candidate for a major party in the US (7) |
| BENTSEN | *1988 vice-presidential candidate |
| RUNNINGMATE | Vice-presidential candidate is a fellow athlete (7,4) |
| TIMKAINE | Democratic vice presidential candidate in the 2016 election: 2 wds. |
