| BAYOU | What term is used in the USA for any swampy areas in Louisiana? (5) |
| HEATS | What term is used in athletics to refer to races preceding the finals? (5) |
| ETC | What Latin term is used in English in its abbreviated form and means "and other things"? (3) |
| KITSCH | Which German term is used in English to describe 'camp, over-the-top cheesiness'? (6) |
| ABACUS | You can count on it! The alphabet is used in the USA |
| BUCKWHEAT | Flour widely used in the USA |
| FAHRENHEIT | Temperature scale used in the USA (10) |
| TUNDRA | What term is used to describe the vast treeless plains of the Arctic? (6) |
| GAP | What term is used to describe the year between school and university during which the student explores life's experience? (3) |
| ENCAUSTIC | What term is used to describe the fixing of pigments with heated wax? |
| UNGULATE | What term is used to describe any hoofed animal? (8) |
| IBERIA | What term is used to describe the Spanish/Portuguese peninsula? (6) |
| PLAID | In the US, what term is often used for tartan? (5) |
| AFFIRMATIVE | Term for positive discrimination first used in the US in an Executive Order signed by President John F Kennedy in 1961 (11,6) |
| ACTION | Term for positive discrimination first used in the US in an Executive Order signed by President John F Kennedy in 1961 (11,6) |
| SAHIB | Initiating from Arabic, what term is commonly used in the Indian sub-continent as a mark of respect, especially for a male? (5) |
| ASUSUAL | Which term is used for "in the customary manner" (2,5) |
| HEIST | What word might be used in the US for "robbery"? (5) |
| WINCHESTER | Lever-action repeating rifle widely used in the US during the second half of the 19th century |
| CALLSTHETUNE | What The Boss does with requests for Born in the USA, for example (5,3,4) |
