| Answer | Crossword Clue |
|---|---|
| ANNAN | Ban succeeded him in 2007 |
| ABSINTHE | Spirit that saw the ban on its sale in the United States lifted in 2007 |
| KASEM | Seacrest succeeded him in '04 |
| ADENAUER | Erhard succeeded him in 1963 |
| SAUL | David succeeded him, in the Bible |
| LEOI | Hilarius succeeded him in A.D. 461 |
| SELIG | Manfred succeeded him as baseball commissioner in 2015 |
| LES | William succeeded him as Sec. of Defense in 1994 |
