| Conversation starters |
| Conversation is ___ in which a man has all mankind for his competitors": Ralph Waldo Emerson |
| Candidate's concern |
| Loops into a conversation, briefly |
| Conversation opener? |
| All-out fight waged by candidates in commercials |
| Long-shot candidate |
| As brisk as ___ in conversation": Samuel Johnson |
| Hardworking candidate? |
| Awkward conversation fillers |
| Home-state candidate |
| Buck's candid conversation opener? |
| Likable candidate? |
| Approach indirectly, as a conversation subject |
| Adds to a conversation, as a remark |
| Bring into the conversation, quietly |
| Conversational gap |
| Buck's precious things? |
| Encouragement to a would-be candidate? |
| A.A. candidate |
| Uninspiring conversation partner |
| Actor Rob, or either candidate named Ron who competed in a 2018 Kansas congressional primary |
| Candid device? |
| Loops others into the email conversation |
| Bushbuck's kin |
| 1996 VP candidate |
| Conspirator's cautious conversation starter |
| A Presidential candidate |
| What "voices rant on" is for "conversation |
| Advocate-turned-presidential candidate Ralph |