| GORGONZOLA | Big cheese Republican from the USA, bizarre, crazy, held in rough gaol (10) |
| LOGIA | One in rough gaol attributed sayings to Biblical figure (5) |
| GONZO | From Italian for "fool" and Spanish for "bumpkin, goose", word meaning "absurd, bizarre, crazy" that is used in reference to journalism of an eccentric, exaggerated or subjective nature (5) |
| INTERVIEW | Question contest held in rough winter (9) |
| REMIT | Set aside U.S. magazine with Republican from the South (5) |
| TROJAN | Note a tiny bit about Republican from the south, prodigiously hard worker (6) |
| SINCLAIR | The first author from the USA to receive the Nobel Prize in Literature, _ Lewis (8) |
| LANCER | Javelin thrown at Republican from old spot in barracks (6) |
| MARIA | One of the great 6 - from the USA and Greece (5,6) |
| LEONTYNEPRICE | One of the great 6 - from the USA (8,5) |
| DIXIE | Southern states that seceded from the USA in 1861 (5) |
| AMERICAN | GPS withdrawn from disorderly campaigners from the USA (8) |
| RYDER | The ..... Cup, golf competition contested by teams from the USA and Europe (5) |
| ZACHJOHNSON | Golfer from the United States who won the Open Championship in 2015: 2 wds. |
| INTL | Like flights from the USA to Eur., e.g. |
| ERICA | Girl from the United States missing mother on the way up (5) |
| JAEGER | Andrea ___, former World Number 2 tennis player from the United States who in 2006 became "Sister An |
| REASON | About to eject Republican from crime debate |
| YANK | From the USA? What a jerk! (4) |
| BUDDY | Chum from the USA? (5) |
