Clue answers can be made to fit into boxes by altering them punningly to contain surnames of losing presidential candidates. Boxes are given in alohabetical by answer; reordering shaded letters by order of non-election spells the answer.
Documentary film positing spiritual connections between consciousness and quantum physics
WH(A)T THE BLEEP DEWEY KNOW!?
Donald Trump’s December 9th promise about the efficacy of his giant wall
IT (W)ILLKIE PEOPLE OUT!
Engaging in ill-advised, quixotic pursuits
TILD(E)N AT WINDMILLS
Expression of desolate hopelessness and futility in a Queen hit’s refrain
NOTHING (G)REELEY MATTERS TO ME
Group involved in the construction of the Bonneville Dam, the Panama Canal, and the Pentagon
ARMY GORE OF ENG(I)NEERS
In which Sora and Yokomon have some crazy misadventures on a subway train
ALMOST HUMPH(R)EY
In which young Bingo is clustered around, Corky embarks on an artistic career, and Bertie changes his mind
KERRY O(N), JEEVES
Jimmy Buffett’s amatory plans for early in the week
COME MON(D)ALE BE HOLDING YOU TIGHT
Much-hyped film of 2006 in which a bunch of twisted characters get high
SNAKES (O)N A BLAINE
Relatively comfortable sort of touchdown
THR(E)E-POINT LANDON
Saying advising exercising something lest atrophy occur
HU(G)HES IT OR LOSE IT
“The past is the past”, per Thomas Wolfe
YOU CAN’T GO HOME MCCAI(N)
“There’s exciting stuff happening around here constantly!”
NEVER A DO(L)E MOMENT
What you’d have gotten had you purchased Sea-Monkeys® from the back of a comic book
BRYAN SH(R)IMP
Candidate | Letter | Year |
---|---|---|
Greeley | G | 1872 |
Tilden | E | 1876 |
Blaine | O | 1884 |
Bryan | R | 1896, 1900, 1908 |
Hughes | G | 1916 |
Landon | E | 1936 |
Willkie | W | 1940 |
Dewey | A | 1944, 1948 |
Humphrey | R | 1968 |
Mondale | D | 1984 |
Dole | L | 1996 |
Gore | I | 2000 |
Kerry | N | 2004 |
McCain | N | 2008 |