| Factor in a beauty contest | 26 |
| Asset in a beauty pageant | 25 |
| Skull-and-crossbones stuff | 26 |
| Exterminator's option | 25 |
| Scull-and-crossbones stuff | 26 |
| Feature of many a whodunit | 26 |
| Another man's meat | 22 |
| Toxicologist's specialty | 28 |
| Nicotine and alcohol, for two | 29 |
| Cyanide and arsenic, e.g. | 25 |
| Arsenic and strychnine | 22 |
| Facebook attention getter | 25 |
| Spot for a proverbial pig | 25 |
| Prod, as with a finger | 22 |
| Pig's place, in a saying | 28 |
| Make Poppin' Fresh giggle | 29 |
| Jab between the ribs, say | 25 |
| Facebook user's nudge | 25 |
| Jabbed in the ribs, e.g. | 24 |
| Used the elbow, in a way | 24 |
| Tested for doneness, in a way | 29 |
| Nintendo game with Pikachu | 26 |
| Pikachu, Meowth, or Caterpie | 28 |
| Collectible card creatures | 26 |
| It ends with a show of hands | 28 |
| Hand-raising activity? | 22 |
| Texas Hold'em, e.g. | 23 |
| It may involve cash on hand? | 28 |
| Game in "The Sting" | 29 |
| Amarillo Slim's game | 24 |
| Word with face or hand | 22 |
| Word with chip or face | 22 |
| Tool next to a shovel, maybe | 28 |
| Texas Hold'em, for one | 26 |
| Often-televised card game | 25 |
| It may involve drawing | 22 |
| Game with a World Series | 24 |
| Game with "tells" | 27 |
| Game often seen on ESPN | 23 |
| Gamblers' holdings | 22 |
| Doc Holliday's game | 23 |
| Contest game in Las Vegas | 25 |
| Texas hold 'em stack | 24 |
| Where kings don't rule | 26 |
| High-stakes draw in Las Vegas | 29 |
| Sourdoughs' purses | 22 |
| Little bags for sourdoughs | 26 |
| Helps move the line along? | 26 |
| Less likely to win a race | 25 |
| Like tailgated drivers, often | 29 |
| Vote seeker, for short | 22 |
| Khmer Rouge leader Pot | 22 |
| Wheeler-dealer in D.C., e.g. | 28 |
| Washington wheeler-dealer | 25 |
| Officeholder, for short | 23 |
| Experienced office holder | 25 |
| Election contender, for short | 29 |
| Capitol Hill figure, briefly | 28 |
| Cambodian dictator Pot | 22 |
| One exchanging party favors? | 28 |
| Office seeker, for short | 24 |
| D.C. figure, for short | 22 |
| Wheeler-dealer in D.C. | 22 |
| Warsaw's land: Abbr. | 24 |
| Warsaw's home, briefly | 26 |
| Smoke-filled room habitue | 25 |
| Smoke-filled room figure | 24 |
| Running expert, for short | 25 |
| Quadrennial conventiongoer | 26 |
| Person looking for a seat? | 26 |
| Patronage purveyor, for short | 29 |
| Party planner, for short? | 25 |
| Party person, informally? | 25 |
| Party person, for short | 23 |
| One in the legislative biz | 26 |
| One in office, for short | 24 |
| One experienced with running | 28 |
| Officeholder for short | 23 |
| Office seeker, slangily | 23 |
| Office seeker, informally | 25 |
| Office seeker, briefly | 22 |
| Office seeker for short | 24 |
| Noble lie teller, briefly | 25 |
| NATO member since 1999: Abbr. | 29 |
| Kind of science: Abbr. | 22 |
| J. Layton or S. Harper | 22 |
| Inside-the-Beltway fig. | 23 |
| Electioneerer, for short | 24 |
| Election adviser, for short | 27 |
| Cracow's land: Abbr. | 24 |
| Chretien or Manning, e.g. | 25 |
| Career campaigner, for short | 28 |
| Capitol figure, briefly | 23 |
| Campaign hustler, for short | 27 |
| Baby kisser, maybe, in brief | 28 |
| ___ Pot, Cambodian leader | 25 |
| Â Â Party person | 22 |
| Silents star ___ Negri | 22 |
| Silent film vamp Negri | 22 |
| Silent film star Negri | 22 |