| ASUSUAL | American city, America, America on the rise - just as you'd expect (2,5) |
| DETRITUS | Motor City, America, rejects old rubbish (8) |
| NASCENT | First part of new rise just coming into effect (7) |
| ELIA | "America America" director Kazan |
| NAN | Bread that may rise just the same? |
| TYPICAL | It comes from the clay-pit, just as you'd expect (7) |
| NATURAL | Of note, just as you'd expect (7) |
| ECUADOR | A republic in South America, on the Pacific, whose flag features Chimborazo, the country's highest mountain (7) |
| URUGUAY | A republic in South America, on the Atlantic (7) |
| ALABAMA | State of the southeastern US, on the Gulf of Mexico (7) |
| LINCOLN | English cathedral city - US president (7) |
| CESTLAVIE | Select via corruption - it's just as you'd expect! |
| PARFORTHECOURSE | Old man abroad is confined to resort, just as you'd expect |
| GRAVITY | It keeps us on the ground (7) |
| CAROLINA | One of the original 13 states of America, on the Atlantic Seaboard (5,8) |
| NORTH | One of the original 13 states of America, on the Atlantic Seaboard (5,8) |
| BELIZE | Country in Central America, on the Caribbean Sea, formerly known as British Honduras |
| EXPECT | Just as you'd think, this oration is from the mouth |
| PILGRIMFATHERS | The group of English colonists who first came to North America on the Mayflower ship in 1620 (7,7) |
| CHRISEVANS | Captain America on the big screen (5,5) |
