| Washington nonsense? | 20 |
| Certain convention principle | 28 |
| Many a conventiongoer | 21 |
| He gets plums | 13 |
| Governmental go-getter | 22 |
| Democrat or Republican | 22 |
| D'Amato or La Guardia | 25 |
| D.C. veteran | 12 |
| Beltway insider | 15 |
| Senator's sphere | 20 |
| Science of "how who gets what" | 40 |
| Part of the office rat race | 27 |
| Field for a certain runner | 26 |
| Delicate first-date topic | 25 |
| Beginning of today's quote | 30 |
| System of government | 20 |
| Form of government | 18 |
| An organized society | 20 |
| Particular form of government | 29 |
| Organized society | 17 |
| 11th U.S. president | 19 |
| Tyler's successor | 21 |
| President after Tyler | 21 |
| 11th President | 14 |
| President between Tyler and Taylor | 34 |
| Mexican War president | 21 |
| Eleventh U.S. president | 23 |
| Tyler and Taylor's go-between | 33 |
| President when Texas was annexed | 32 |
| Mexican-American War president | 30 |
| 1840s president | 15 |
| "Young Hickory" | 25 |
| Young Hickory | 13 |
| U.S. president during the Mexican War | 37 |
| Tyler-Taylor link | 17 |
| Tyler successor | 15 |
| The one between Tyler and Taylor | 32 |
| San Francisco street named for a president | 42 |
| Prestigious journalism award | 28 |
| President who oversaw the opening of the Smithsonian | 52 |
| President who oversaw the issuance of the first U.S. postage stamp | 66 |
| President under whom Texas was annexed | 38 |
| President featured on a 2009 coin | 33 |
| President during the Mexican-American War | 41 |
| President during the first issuance of postage stamps | 53 |
| President before Taylor | 23 |
| Oregon Treaty president | 23 |
| Man between Tyler and Taylor | 28 |
| Jackson's successor | 23 |
| Jackson protégé | 21 |
| He came between Tyler and Taylor | 32 |
| First dark horse elected U.S. President | 39 |
| Eleventh president | 18 |
| Defeater of Clay | 16 |
| Clay defeater | 13 |
| Annual journalism award, informally | 35 |
| 11th President James K. __ | 26 |
| "Napoleon of the Stump" | 33 |
| "Fifty-four forty or fight" proponent | 47 |
| "54-40 or fight" candidate | 36 |
| Oktoberfest dance | 17 |
| Oktoberfest music | 17 |
| Bohemian dance | 14 |
| Gdansk dance | 12 |
| Dance that originated in Bohemia | 32 |
| Lawrence Welk specialty | 23 |
| Dance associated with dots? | 27 |
| Welk specialty | 14 |
| Oktoberfest tune | 16 |
| Lively Bohemian dance | 21 |
| Type of dot | 11 |
| Oompah band tune | 16 |
| Kind of dot | 11 |
| Former Grammy category | 22 |
| "Beer Barrel ___" | 27 |
| __ dot | 6 |
| Welk rendition | 14 |
| Welk offering | 13 |
| Weird Al Yankovic specialty | 27 |
| Weird Al specialty | 18 |
| Type of music popular with Lawrence Welk | 40 |
| Tune for an oompah band | 23 |
| Strenuous dance | 15 |
| Strauss composition | 19 |
| Sprightly dance | 15 |
| Some Lawrence Welk music | 24 |
| Smetana composition | 19 |
| Popular song genre on “The Lawrence Welk Show” | 54 |
| Piece for squeezeboxes | 22 |
| Oompah-band tune | 16 |
| Oktoberfest air | 15 |
| Music played on an accordion | 28 |
| Music in some "Weird Al" Yankovic medleys | 51 |
| Music genre eligible for the Grammy for Best Regional Roots Music Album | 71 |
| Many a Johann Strauss work | 26 |
| Lively dance in duple meter | 27 |
| It involves many sharp turns | 28 |
| Grammy category since 1985 | 26 |
| Grammy category eliminated in 2009 | 34 |
| Genre for Weird Al | 18 |