| GLEECLUB | A society in the US for the singing of choral music (4,4) |
| SIAM | Setting for the singing of "A Puzzlement" |
| NOANSWER | Name used in the US for the Electric Light Orchestra's debut album, as a result of misunderstood phone call records |
| PHIBETAKAPPA | Oldest academic honour society in the US, founded in 1776 and a secret society until 1831 (3,4,5) |
| PHI | ___ Beta Kappa (honor society in the US) |
| REAGAN | Who was the president of the US for the majority of the 1980s? (6) |
| FORTH | July holiday in the US for the auditor's out (5) |
| TERMINUS | Expression in America for "The end of the line" |
| CAROUSAL | Festive music round the States for the revelling (8) |
| SANDWICH | Originally perceived as a food men shared while gaming and drinking at night, this meal began appearing in polite society in the 19th Century |
| AMERICAN | ___ game fowl were bred in the US for fighting, from stock brought in by colonists (8) |
| CHANTERS | Bagpipe parts for the singing Gregorian monks (8) |
| PARADIGM | Twenty cents picked up in the US, for example (8) |
| RUSSIANS | Charge covers old saving incentive account from society in the east (8) |
| PSALMODY | Singing of sacred songs |
| WASSAIL | A drinking toast, meaning "be in good health", that came to mean mulled wine or spiced ale for drinking healths; a festive song; the singing of Christmas carols; or, revelry and carousal (7) |
| DAWNCHORUS | The singing of birds at the start of a new day (4,6) |
| STAND | Oh, say can you see?: Most people ___ during the singing of the national anthem (but the person who kneels during the song is taking one) |
| KNEE | NFL quarterback Colin Kaepernick took a stand for equality when he took one during the singing of the national anthem |
| KOBE | Subject of a 2016 Nike ad featuring the singing of Phil Jackson, Paul Pierce, and Rasheed Wallace |
