| Prominent #2 | 12 |
| Prez's next-in-line | 23 |
| Prez's helper | 17 |
| Prez's associate | 20 |
| Prez backup | 11 |
| Presider over the U.S. Senate | 29 |
| POTUS backup | 12 |
| Political second banana | 23 |
| Nixon, once | 11 |
| Name for Barkley | 16 |
| Mondale or Quayle, e.g. | 23 |
| Julia Louis-Dreyfus's HBO show set in D.C. | 46 |
| Julia Louis-Dreyfus show | 24 |
| Julia Louis-Dreyfus series | 26 |
| Joe Biden, informally | 21 |
| Joe Biden, e.g. | 15 |
| Job for which the Fairbanks Daily News-Miner said Sarah Palin was picked for "reasons of image, not substance" | 120 |
| Gore, informally | 16 |
| Bush, in the 80's | 21 |
| Biden, e.g. | 11 |
| Barkley's title | 19 |
| Barkley's nickname | 22 |
| Barkley, familiarly | 19 |
| Barkley was one | 15 |
| Barkley sobriquet | 17 |
| Backup for a prez | 17 |
| Albert Gore for one | 20 |
| Alben Barkley, e.g. | 19 |
| Alben Barkley was one | 21 |
| Alben Barkley sobriquet | 23 |
| Agnew, once | 11 |
| #2 man, informally | 18 |
| Prexies' understudies | 25 |
| Some company execs | 18 |
| Number-two execs | 16 |
| Nixon and Johnson, slangily | 27 |
| Mondale and Quayle, once | 24 |
| Gore and Burr, slangily | 23 |
| Barkley et al. | 14 |
| They're 2nd in command | 26 |
| Some seconds | 12 |
| Some board members, slangily | 28 |
| Senate tie breakers, briefly | 28 |
| Rockefeller and others | 22 |
| RMN and LBJ, consecutively | 26 |
| Quayle and Gore, once | 21 |
| Prexies' underlings | 23 |
| Pols Cheney and Gore | 20 |
| Pols Cheney and Biden | 21 |
| Number twos | 11 |
| Number 2's | 14 |
| Mondale and Quayle, for ex. | 27 |
| Many of them have gone on to become president | 45 |
| Johnson and Johnson, e.g. | 25 |
| H.H.H. and L.B.J., once | 23 |
| Dick and Al, recently | 21 |
| D.C. officials | 14 |
| Company high-ups | 16 |
| Boardroom execs | 15 |
| Biden, Cheney, and Gore, informally | 35 |
| Biden and Cheney, slangily | 26 |
| Al and Dick, lately | 19 |
| No. 2 selection process | 23 |
| Make a sharp turn | 17 |
| Change course suddenly | 22 |
| Shift course | 12 |
| Avoid a collision | 17 |
| Suddenly change course | 22 |
| Go off in a new direction | 25 |
| Zig | 3 |
| Swerve off course | 17 |
| Shift sharply | 13 |
| Shift direction | 15 |
| Jerk the wheel | 14 |
| Change directions suddenly | 26 |
| Change direction suddenly | 25 |
| Angle (off) | 11 |
| Yaw | 3 |
| Tack, nautically | 16 |
| Tack, in a way | 14 |
| Swerve off-course | 17 |
| One way to avoid a collision | 28 |
| Fork (off) | 10 |
| Bell rung at evening | 20 |
| Avoid a pothole, perhaps | 24 |
| Alter course | 12 |
| Abruptly change course | 22 |
| Turn in a different direction | 29 |
| Tack nautically | 16 |
| Swing off course | 16 |
| Swerve suddenly | 15 |
| Swerve sharply | 14 |
| Suddenly swerve | 15 |
| Sudden change | 13 |
| Recourse? | 9 |
| Move to avoid a pothole, say | 28 |
| Make a quick change of direction | 32 |
| Leave one's lane suddenly | 29 |
| Keep to one side | 16 |
| Keep right, maybe | 17 |