Jeffrey Pelt (Richard Jordan): Listen, I'm a politician, which means I'm a cheat and a liar, and when I'm not ___ing 3D, I'm stealing their lollipops. But it also means I keep my options open.
Verticales
1D
Presidential name with Swahili roots
2D
Isaac Newton and Stephen Hawking, to Cambridge University
3D
See 9A
4D
"EU Hopes to Use Frozen Russian ___ to Help Rebuild Ukraine" (VOA, May 14, 2023)