| Clique members | 14 |
| Avenues of access | 17 |
| Adequate tennis serves | 22 |
| "Walk-___ welcome" | 28 |
| Word with "break" or "walk" | 47 |
| Word after "break" or "shut" | 48 |
| Winning candidates | 18 |
| Winners at the polls | 20 |
| Trade-___ | 9 |
| Those with pull | 15 |
| They've got the vote | 24 |
| The winners | 11 |
| The powers-that-are | 19 |
| The newly-elected | 17 |
| The ___ and outs | 16 |
| Special ties | 12 |
| Some desk trays | 15 |
| Shoo-___ (certain winners) | 26 |
| Ruling party | 12 |
| Politically powerful people | 27 |
| People with pull | 16 |
| Parts of yds. | 13 |
| Parties in power | 16 |
| Outs' partners | 18 |
| Outs' partner | 17 |
| Outs' counterparts | 22 |
| Ones who are elected | 20 |
| Office mail labels | 18 |
| Networking connections | 22 |
| Lead-___ | 8 |
| Justice Dept. agcy. disbanded in 2003 | 37 |
| Hookups | 7 |
| Grp. once interested in green cards | 35 |
| Green Card org., once | 21 |
| Govt. agcy. that issued green cards | 35 |
| Good tennis serves | 18 |
| Good serves, but not necessarily aces | 37 |
| Good people to know | 19 |
| Former Justice Dept. branch | 27 |
| Favored bunch | 13 |
| Entrance signs | 14 |
| Current regime | 14 |
| Connected crowd | 15 |
| Companion of outs | 17 |
| Certain politicians | 19 |
| Break-___ | 9 |
| Border org. | 11 |
| ''I know people'' people | 40 |
| Write-___ (some votes) | 22 |
| Write-___ | 9 |
| Word with sit- or stand- | 24 |
| Word with shut or stand | 23 |
| Word with fade or trade | 23 |
| Word after walk or run | 22 |
| What unsuccessful rockers don't have | 40 |
| What this puzzle's long answers each have three of | 54 |
| Weigh-__ (boxing rituals) | 25 |
| Walk-___ (surprise appointments) | 32 |
| Victors at the polls | 20 |
| US visa letters | 15 |
| Units of length: Abbr. | 22 |
| U.S. green card distributor | 27 |
| Tie-___ (commercial promotions) | 31 |
| Those with connections | 22 |
| Those in power | 14 |
| Those holding power | 19 |
| Those holding office | 20 |
| They were elected | 17 |
| They may be able to pull some strings | 37 |
| They got the votes | 18 |
| They can help you get a job | 27 |
| The Hartford's bus. | 23 |
| The elect | 9 |
| The "people" in "I know some people" | 56 |
| The ___ and outs (details) | 26 |
| Successful politicians | 22 |
| Successful campaigners | 22 |
| Style-setting coterie | 21 |
| Strings to pull | 15 |
| Status quo group | 16 |
| Statehouse winners | 18 |
| State Farm's business: Abbr. | 32 |
| State Farm's business (abbr.) | 33 |
| Special favor providers | 23 |
| Special entrées | 18 |
| Something that goes with the Flo? (abbr.) | 41 |
| Some doorways | 13 |
| Sit-__: protests | 16 |
| Sit-___ (1960s protests) | 24 |
| Shut-___ | 8 |
| Showbiz connections | 19 |
| Shoo-__: easy winners | 21 |
| Shoo-___ (likely victors) | 25 |
| Shoo-___ (easy winners) | 23 |
| Shoo-___ (easy victors) | 23 |
| Shoo-__ (sure things) | 21 |
| Seat winners | 12 |
| Run-___ (tiffs) | 15 |
| Run- -- (quarrels) | 18 |
| Reelection seekers | 18 |