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Party Lines

A bipartisan grid of words and wit.

Solve a puzzle filled with political puns and government-themed wordplay. A fun challenge for fans of history and current events.

By PuzzledCross

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2.Capital ___ (economic result of instability)
5.___ Party (modern political faction)
6.One who hasn't learned to walk the party line?
9.Distinctive character, as of a political movement
10.Bolshevik party founder
14.Overthrow the ruling party
15.Israeli body with many party lines
16.___ one's words (admit a political gaffe)
17.Like an unwilling political alliance

Down

1.Fill, as a ballot box?
2.Like a campaign-ending mistake
3.Island nation that's the world's third-largest democracy
4.Pronoun for the opposition
7.Turn___ (shifts in power)
8.A politician's ambition
11.Well-known, as a statesman
12.Union member
13.___ job (a politician's cover-up, perhaps)

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