| TREEFROG | Arboreal amphibian such as the Gray - of the US and Canada (4,4) |
| UNCLESAM | Figure used as a symbol of the US and to urge young men to join the US army in WWII (5,3) |
| AMERICAN | ___ marten, weasel-like mammal of the USA and Canada (8) |
| HAMILTON | A founding father of the US, and the eponymous subject of a 21st-century hit musical (8) |
| MCKINLEY | Former president of the US and its highest mountain (8) |
| COLORADO | State of the USA and name of Gresley 'A3' 60094 (8) |
| LAKEERIE | Kale unusually found by weird sounding body of water between the US and Canada (4,4) |
| CORNCRIB | In the US and Canada, a ventilated building used to dry and store maize (8) |
| PATIENCE | What card game is better known as Solitaire in the US and Canada? (8) |
| RUSTLERS | In the US and Canada, cattle or horse thieves (8) |
| GRIDIRON | Football played in the US and Canada |
| TREETOAD | Arboreal amphibian |
| ABIGAIL | Adams, wife of the second president of the US and mother of the sixth president of the US (7) |
| SALAMANDER | Lizard-like amphibian, such as the olm or axolotl (10) |
| NEWT | Small amphibian such as the smooth -, Triturus vulgaris (4) |
| WILLS | Playing in the first half of the twentieth century, she is still considered to be one of the greatest all-time tennis stars of the US and the world; Helen ... Moody |
| JOHN | And 21 The sixth President of the US and the son of the second US President (4,6,5) |
| NIAGARA | Falls on the border of the US and Canada (7) |
| ERIE | Lake on the border of the US and Canada |
| QUINCYADAMS | The sixth President of the US and the son of the second US President (4,6,5) |