| Reagan's group | 18 |
| Reagan et al. | 13 |
| Re-election runners | 19 |
| Professional connections | 24 |
| Prevailing party | 16 |
| Powers-that-be | 14 |
| Powerful connections | 20 |
| Powerbrokers | 12 |
| Poll winners | 12 |
| Polk's party in 1845 | 24 |
| Political winners | 17 |
| Political victors | 17 |
| Political officeholders | 23 |
| Political haves | 15 |
| Party in power | 14 |
| Parts of ft. | 12 |
| Parts of feet: abbr. | 20 |
| Outs' opposite | 18 |
| Outs' antitheses | 20 |
| Outs preceder | 13 |
| Outs opposites | 14 |
| Outs opposite | 13 |
| Org. once stationed at Ellis Island | 35 |
| Org. dealing with aliens | 24 |
| Org. concerned with illegal activity | 36 |
| Onetime Justice Department div. | 31 |
| Officials with pull right now | 29 |
| Officeholding group | 19 |
| Office aspirants' targets | 29 |
| Occupants of office | 19 |
| November victors | 16 |
| Nov. winners | 12 |
| Newly elected officials | 23 |
| Networkers' hopes | 21 |
| Networker's pursuits | 24 |
| Music industry giants | 21 |
| Music industry advantages | 25 |
| Members of the elite | 20 |
| Maze accesses | 13 |
| Manager will have them | 22 |
| Manager might have them | 23 |
| Manager hopefully knows them | 28 |
| Love-___ (1960s protests) | 25 |
| Life or theft item: Abbr. | 25 |
| It'll cover you: Abbr. | 26 |
| HMO concern | 11 |
| HMO business | 12 |
| Happy folks on Election Day | 27 |
| Happy campaigners | 17 |
| Half the ramifications | 22 |
| Half the portals | 16 |
| Half of the ropes? | 18 |
| Guitar store connections | 24 |
| Grp. protecting U.S. borders | 28 |
| Green-card agcy. | 16 |
| Good tennis returns | 19 |
| Good folks to know | 18 |
| Good connections | 16 |
| Geico's business: Abbr. | 27 |
| Former U.S. Border Patrol gp. | 29 |
| Former green card agcy. | 23 |
| Former border patrol agcy. | 26 |
| Follower of drop or shut | 24 |
| Fed. agency renamed in 2003 | 27 |
| FDR moved it from the Department of Labor to the Department of Justice in 1940 | 78 |
| Favoured ones | 13 |
| Endings for "shoo" | 28 |
| Elites | 6 |
| Election night celebrants | 25 |
| Election Day winners | 20 |
| Elected pols | 12 |
| Elected group | 13 |
| Elected folks | 13 |
| Drop-___ | 8 |
| Doorman connections | 19 |
| Dems.: 1932–52 | 21 |
| Convenient connections | 22 |
| Connections, so to speak | 24 |
| Connections, of a sort | 22 |
| Connections that help you get ahead | 35 |
| Connections in the biz | 22 |
| Clout providers | 15 |
| Clout carriers | 14 |
| Chosen ones? | 12 |
| Chicago Band The Walk-___ | 25 |
| Carter's supporters in '76 | 34 |
| Car-buyer's need: Abbr. | 27 |
| Car owner's pmt. | 20 |
| Business ties? | 14 |
| Business connections | 20 |
| Bus. with benefits | 18 |
| Border patrol agcy. | 19 |
| Biz connections | 15 |
| Aetna's business: Abbr. | 27 |
| Advantages provided by nepotists | 32 |
| A good manager will know them | 29 |
| 22-Acr. business | 16 |
| "I know some people" people | 37 |
| "I know people" people | 32 |
| "Green Card" org. | 27 |