Each clue is followed by the length of the answer and its first
letter. Each collection of words anagrams into the name of one of
the First Ladies of the United States (including Rachel Jackson,
Hannah Van Buren, and Ellen Arthur, who died before their husbands
took office, and both wives of John Tyler and Woodrow Wilson,
whose wives died and they remarried while still in office). The
only first lady not represented is NANCY REAGAN, the final answer.
Clue answers:
CASH * JOCK * LEARN = RACHEL JACKSON
HALO * SPARK = SARAH POLK
HOSTILE * WIND = EDITH WILSON
MESS * TURBAN = BESS TRUMAN
LIFEGUARD * RECITAL = LUCRETIA GARFIELD
JOIN * LASH * ZONE = ELIZA JOHNSON
CALICO * EGG * RODE = GRACE COOLIDGE
ALIAS * DOA * SUM = LOUISA ADAMS
AFRO * FRESHMAN * JET = MARTHA JEFFERSON
ANTLERS * CRY * NORA = ROSALYNN CARTER
HOTROD * TELEVISE = EDITH ROOSEVELT
DANDY * MOLE * SILO = DOLLEY MADISON
ALARM * GRATER * TOY = MARGARET TAYLOR
DEBT * FORTY = BETTY FORD
ALE * JURY * LIT = JULIA TYLER
BAH * HAVEN * NUN * RAN = HANNAH VAN BUREN
BIAS * GALA * MAID = ABIGAIL ADAMS
CYANIDE * MILK = IDA MCKINLEY
ETERNAL * HURL = ELLEN ARTHUR
JAGUAR * LINT = JULIA GRANT
CANCELLED * SERF * VAN = FRANCES CLEVELAND
CHAIN * ONLY * TRILL = HILLARY CLINTON
CHANDLER * FOREIGN = FLORENCE HARDING
PAN * TOXIN = PAT NIXON
ACORN * RHINO * SERIAL = CAROLINE HARRISON
DECLINE * JENNY * QUAKE = JACQUELINE KENNEDY
CAN * IRE * JEEP = JANE PIERCE
AIM * EERIE * SHOWMEN = MAMIE EISENHOWER
CUE * HAY * SLY = LUCY HAYES
HOLO * OUVRE = LOU HOOVER
LINE * SWOLLEN = ELLEN WILSON
CON * MILL * YARN = MARY LINCOLN
RYE * TITILLATE = LETITIA TYLER
AIRMAIL * BILE * FLOG = ABIGAIL FILLMORE
NANA * ROAR * SHIN = ANNA HARRISON
FLEA * TENTH = HELEN TAFT
AEROSOL * NOVEL * TREE = ELEANOR ROOSEVELT
EARN * LIE * ZOOM = ELIZA MONROE
CHINA * JUDO * SALON = CLAUDIA JOHNSON
BAR * HUB * SABRA = BARBARA BUSH
HANGMAN * SHORT * WAIT = MARTHA WASHINGTON