| 20 answers for: America, per "The Star-Spangled Banner" (... lette... |
| RANK | ANSWER | CLUE |
| LANDOFTHEFREE | America, per "The Star-Spangled Banner" (... letters 1-2, 4-5 and 11-12) |
| CHRISTMASPIE | Mincemeat dessert (... letters 1, 2, 4, 7 and 12) |
| OUTOFTHISWORLD | Phenomenal in deep space, perhaps? (3, 2, 4, 5) |
| ROMANTICCOMEDY | Movie with a meet-cute (... letters 6-7 and 11-12) |
| PARISCATACOMBS | Underground site in France's capital (... letters 7-8 and 11-12) |
| LENDLEASE | US provision of military equipment to the UK and its allies in World War II (4-5) |
| FLIPFLOPS | Footwear developed from the Japanese zori, which became popular after World War II (4-5) |
| RANCH | Most popular salad dressing in America, per a 2017 study |
| OMAHA | "Somewhere in middle America," per a Counting Crows song |
| CROSSEDSWORDS | Disagreed with editors cutting things like this ___ 1 and 10, 5 and 11, 21 and 24, 23 and 26 (7,6) |
| WONDERFUL | Magnificent, or an antonym of the word formed by letters 1, 2, 5, 7, 8 and 9 |
| FATALATTRACTION | 1987 psychological thriller (... letters 1-2, 5-6 and 12-13) |
| TROUBLEAHEAD | Concerning outlook (see letters 1, 3, 4, 5 and 12) |
| COVERT | Secret, or an antonym of the word formed by letters 2, 3, 4, 5 and 6 |
| FEASTS | Has a big meal, or an antonym of the word formed by letters 1, 3, 4, 5 and 6 |
| ODDMANOUT | The team was numbered 4, 5 and 6, but 5 didn't play in the old movie (3,3,3) |
| FABRICATION | Lie, or an antonym of the word formed by letters 1, 2, 6 and 8 |
| SOUTHBANK | The poorer nations put their money on the end of the 11 12 (5,4) |
| WAITINGGAME | What's boring to play? (In this clue's answer, note letters 4-5 and 10-11) |
| HEARYEHEARYE | Town crier's shout (...letters 4-5 and 10-11) |
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