DUBYA

Bush's nickname

• .43's nickname

• 2000s leadership nickname

• 23rd (or 43rd) in a series (and a clue to this puzzle's missing character)?

• 43rd president, informally

• 43rd president's nickname

• Bubba's successor

• Bush II

• Bush, in cartoons

• Employer of strategery

• He picked Dick

• Initial departure on January 20, 2009?

• Laura's hubby, in slang

• Letter that can't form words?

• Misunderestimate coiner, familiarly

• No. 43, familiarly

• One notable Skull

• Our C-in-C, informally

• Political nickname based on a middle initial

• Presidential nickname

• Prez after Bill

• Prez after Bubba

• Recent presidential nickname

• White House initial?

• White House moniker

• White House nickname