| Former UAR member | 17 |
| Former Ugandan dictator | 23 |
| Former Ugandan dictator Amin | 28 |
| Former Ugandan leader | 21 |
| Former Ugandan president | 24 |
| Former Ugandan strong man | 25 |
| Former Ugandan strongman | 24 |
| Former Ugandan tyrant | 21 |
| Former ugly duckling | 20 |
| Former UK measure | 17 |
| Former UN chief Kofi | 20 |
| Former UN head | 14 |
| Former UN head Kofi | 19 |
| Former UN leader | 16 |
| Former UN leader Hammarskjöld | 32 |
| Former UN leader Hammarskjöld [Note: The circled letters comprise a three-word instruction that, when applied to one square in the completed grid, reveals a group who might follow a code of silence] | 201 |
| Former UN leader Kofi | 21 |
| Former UN member | 16 |
| Former UN Secretary General ___ Hammarskjöld | 47 |
| Former UN Security Council member | 33 |
| Former UN weapons inspector Blix | 32 |
| Former Under Secretary of State Philip | 38 |
| Former undersecretary of state Philip | 37 |
| Former Union | 12 |
| Former union leader | 19 |
| Former Union member (abbr.) | 27 |
| Former Union member: Abbr. | 26 |
| Former union member? | 20 |
| Former union members | 20 |
| Former union members: Abbr. | 27 |
| Former union members? | 21 |
| Former union mems. | 18 |
| Former United competitor | 24 |
| Former United Nations Secretary-General U | 41 |
| Former United rival | 19 |
| Former univ. militants | 22 |
| Former Universal Studios owner | 30 |
| Former upscale French restaurant in Manhattan | 45 |
| Former US capital | 17 |
| Former US columnist Maxwell | 27 |
| Former US gas brand | 19 |
| Former US gold coins | 20 |
| Former US terr. | 15 |
| Former US territory | 19 |
| Former US theater org. | 22 |
| Former US/German auto company | 29 |
| Former USSR member | 18 |
| Former USSR part | 16 |
| Former USSR police org. | 23 |
| Former Utah senator | 19 |
| Former Utah senator Jake who flew aboard Discovery in 1985 | 58 |
| Former V. P. | 12 |
| Former V.I.P. at G.M. | 21 |
| Former V.I.P. at the Met | 24 |
| Former V.I.P. of Egypt | 22 |
| Former V.I.P.'s in Istanbul | 31 |
| Former V.P. Spiro and family | 28 |
| Former Vancouver Grizzlies coach Jackson | 40 |
| Former Vatican currency | 23 |
| Former VCR maker | 16 |
| Former veep | 11 |
| Former veep Agnew | 17 |
| Former veep Gore, when talking about him and his father | 55 |
| Former veep Humphrey | 20 |
| Former veep Quayle | 18 |
| Former Veep Spiro | 17 |
| Former veep suffering from kyphosis? | 36 |
| Former Vegas casino | 19 |
| Former Vegas hotel | 18 |
| Former Vegas hotel, with "The" | 40 |
| Former Vegas star Falana | 24 |
| Former Venetian bigwig | 22 |
| Former Venetian bigwigs | 23 |
| Former Venetian chief magistrate | 32 |
| Former Venetian coin | 20 |
| Former Venetian magistrate | 26 |
| Former Venetian magistrates | 27 |
| Former Venetian official | 24 |
| Former Venetian ruler | 21 |
| Former Venetian V.I.P. | 22 |
| Former Venezuelan copper center | 31 |
| Former Venezuelan mining town | 29 |
| Former venue for the Orlando Magic | 34 |
| Former Verizon rival | 20 |
| Former Versailles residents | 27 |
| Former VHS rival | 16 |
| Former Vice President Agnew | 27 |
| Former Vice President Al | 24 |
| Former vice president Dan | 25 |
| Former Vice President Quayl | 27 |
| Former vice president Quayle | 28 |
| Former vice president Rockefeller | 33 |
| Former Vice President Spiro | 27 |
| Former vice president Stevenson | 31 |
| Former vice-presidential family | 31 |
| Former Vietnam area mostly S. of the 17th parallel | 50 |
| Former Vietnam leader Bao ___ | 29 |
| Former Vietnamese president's dining reservation? | 53 |
| Former Virginia governor married to an LBJ daughter | 51 |
| Former Virginia senator | 23 |