Politics,

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Across
  1. 2. the moderator during the debates
  2. 5. most of the speeches given during the presidential conventions
  3. 7. politicians on election night
  4. 12. (v.) to imprison, confine, jail
  5. 13. This year's debate
  6. 17. The president's administration
  7. 19. (n.) a scheme to outwit or deceive an opponent or to gain an end
  8. 20. a fortified place, stronghold
Down
  1. 1. most dictators during their run in office
  2. 3. what the president calls his team
  3. 4. (adj.) complete or perfect in the highest degree; (v.) to bring to a state of completion or perfection
  4. 6. (adj.) in a reclining position, lying down, in the posture of one sleeping or resting
  5. 8. a treaty or agreement that keeps countries at peace
  6. 9. someone held in a higher position
  7. 10. (n.) type of game bird; a complaint; (v.) to complain, grumble
  8. 11. (adj.) consisting of or measured in money; of or related to money
  9. 14. (n.) floating debris; homeless, impoverished people
  10. 15. how most of the audience feels when they watch the debate turn into a screaming match.
  11. 16. (v.) to gather bit by bit; to gather small quantities of grain left in a field by the reapers
  12. 18. (n.) the wasting away of a body organ or tissue; any progressive decline of failure; (v.) to waste away