| ENQUIRER | "The National ___" |
| ANTHEM | Oh, say can you see?: At the beginning of every football game, a singer stands in the center of the field and sings the national ___ |
| EISTEDDFOD | The chairing of the Bard is an important moment in the National ____ of Wales |
| LOTTERY | Game show of the 2000s and 2010s, The National _: In It To Win It (7) |
| DEBT | "Blessed are the young for they shall inherit the national ___": Herbert Hoover (4) |
| MALL | Washington locale: The National ___ |
| BALLET | The National ___ of Canada |
| DREAM | Berton's The National _____ |
| DOG | *The National ___ Show |
| ACCOUNT | Bank of Jamaica oversees the national ___ systems and monitors digital payments by regulated entities |
| TREE | The National Arbor Day Foundation is pushing for the establishment of a national ___ |
| SCENIC | The official name of the Appalachian Trail is the Appalachian National ___ Trail (6) |
| DONUT | National ___ Day, celebrated annually on the first Friday in June, honoring the practice of giving the treat to WWI soldiers |
| DNA | National ___ Day (April 25, commemorating the 1953 publication of the discovery of its double-helix structure; you can discover six strands of it in the theme entries) |
| LACROSSELEAGUE | NLL = National ___ ___ (The Halifax Thunderbirds and the Toronto Rock are among the North American teams in it) |
| TOY | National ___ Hall of Fame (collection that includes the ball, the blanket, and the cardboard box) |
| POETRY | April is National ___ Month! Complete the rhyme hidden in this crossword and celebrate the beauty of verse! |
| LAMPOON | National ___ (former humor magazine whose writers created the movie "Animal House") |
| CUPCAKEDAY | Monday, February 26th, 2018: national ___ ___, to raise money donations for the SPCA or Humane Society in support of Canadian shelter pets |
| EXHIBITION | Toronto's annual summer fair The CNE = Canadian National ___ |
