| November 2008 winner | 20 |
| November 2008 Senate resignee | 29 |
| Noted keynoter of 2004 | 22 |
| Noted 1991 Harvard Law grad | 27 |
| Name above Biden on bumper stickers | 35 |
| Michelle with a "Let's Move" campaign | 51 |
| Michelle Robinson's marital surname | 39 |
| Michelle Robinson, now | 22 |
| McCain defeater | 15 |
| McCain beater | 13 |
| Kucinich rival | 14 |
| Kagan's appointer | 21 |
| Junior Illinois senator Barack __ | 33 |
| Joe Biden's boss | 20 |
| Illinoisan in the news | 22 |
| Illinois's junior senator | 29 |
| Illinois senator-turned-president | 33 |
| Illinois senator who became president | 37 |
| Honorary Chairman of the USO | 28 |
| Honolulu-born president | 23 |
| His second book is subtitled "Thoughts on Reclaiming the American Dream" | 82 |
| His mom's first name was Stanley | 36 |
| His high school clique was the Choom Gang | 41 |
| He serves the same state as Senator Durbin | 42 |
| He really, really wasn't born in Kenya, yeesh | 49 |
| He defeated Romney | 18 |
| He bested Clinton in 2008 | 25 |
| He announced Biden as his running mate with a text message | 58 |
| Hawaii-born U.S. president | 26 |
| Hawaii-born president | 21 |
| Harvard Law Review editor who went on to become president | 57 |
| Half of a winning team in 2012 | 30 |
| Future senator who delivered the 2004 Democratic convention keynote address | 75 |
| Foe of the Tea Party | 20 |
| First president whose name ends in a vowel other than E or Y | 60 |
| First president not born in the continental U.S. | 48 |
| First president born outside the continental U.S. | 49 |
| First president born in Hawaii | 30 |
| First First Lady to announce the Best Picture winner at an Academy Awards ceremony | 82 |
| Controversial 2009 Nobelist | 27 |
| Clinton's competitor | 24 |
| Clinton's boss | 18 |
| Clinton defeater | 16 |
| Bush's successor | 20 |
| Biden's 2008 running mate | 29 |
| Biden boss | 10 |
| Author of "The Audacity of Hope" | 42 |
| Author of "Dreams From My Father" | 43 |
| Appointer of Justice Kagan | 26 |
| America's 44th | 18 |
| 44th in America | 15 |
| 2012 Romney defeater | 20 |
| 2009 Peace Prize recipient | 26 |
| 2009 Peace Prize Nobelist | 25 |
| 2009 Nobel Prize winner | 23 |
| 2009 Nobel Peace Prize winner | 29 |
| 2009 Nobel Peace Prize recipient | 32 |
| 2008 presidential candidate | 27 |
| 2008 candidate with the slogan "Change we can believe in" | 67 |
| 2008 candidate Barack | 21 |
| 2008 "Yes We Can" sloganeer | 37 |
| 2004 Democratic keynoter | 24 |
| 2004 Democratic convention keynoter | 35 |
| "Yes we can" sloganeer | 32 |
| "Time" Person of the Year for 2012 | 44 |
| "This is our generation's Sputnik moment" speaker | 63 |
| "Renegade" with Secret Service protection | 51 |
| "Dreams of My Father" memoirist | 41 |
| "Dreams From My Father" novelist | 42 |
| 'Yes we can' man | 24 |
| 'Dreams From My Father' writer | 38 |
| '08 debate regular | 22 |
| ''Dreams From My Father'' author | 48 |
| Shameless or stubborn | 21 |
| Bull-headed | 11 |
| Eng. honor | 10 |
| Award bestowed by Queen Eliz. | 29 |
| Laconian clan | 13 |
| 2001 honor for J.K. Rowling | 27 |
| UK honor | 8 |
| U.K. decoration | 15 |
| U.K. bestowal | 13 |
| U. K. decoration | 16 |
| Medal bestowed by Eliz. II | 26 |
| Honor from Queen Eliz. | 22 |
| Greek clan division | 19 |
| Eng. award | 10 |
| Brit. decoration | 16 |
| Br. Empire decoration. | 22 |
| Award bestowed by The Queen, for short | 38 |
| UK decoration | 13 |
| UK citizenship award | 20 |
| U.K. medal | 10 |
| Royal order, briefly | 20 |
| Relative of D.S.O. | 18 |
| Queen's honour: Abbr. | 25 |
| Overseas honour: Abbr. | 22 |
| Laconian clan subdivision | 25 |
| Knighthood letters | 18 |
| JK Rowling title | 16 |