| ROSES | Blooms named the US National Flower by Reagan in the eponymous White House garden |
| ROSE | US national flower |
| BACARDI | Family-owned spirits company best known for its eponymous white rum (7) |
| PATCO | Union whose striking members were fired by Reagan in 1981 |
| BORNINTHEUSA | Springsteen song used (and misunderstood) by Reagan in 1984 |
| ROSEBUSHES | Revolted by former First Family: they're in the White House Garden (4,6) |
| BUSH | Could be in the White House garden |
| THEELDER | Bush, but which one was more mature in that White House garden? (3,5) |
| OER | "... ___ the land of the free ..." (line in the US national anthem) |
| ALEUTIAN | Name shared by island chain and heavyweight office car built by Pullman for the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad, and now housed at the US National Museum of Transportation (8) |
| JANEFONDA | Nancy Reagan in "The Butler" (2013) |
| THRONE | Reagan in the royal seat? |
| PHLOX | Cottage garden favourite named "flame-coloured flower" by Carl Linnaeus, yet it blooms in every colour imaginable, from caramel, cherry and creme brulee to blue, flamingo pink, lilac, peach, rose and |
| MEADE | The headquarters of the US National Security Agency is located in Maryland's Fort ... |
| ARLINGTON | County of Virginia where the US National Cemetery was founded in the 19th century (9) |
| SEAWOLVES | Professional rugby team based in Seattle which plays in the US national league (9) |
| GNASHER | Dennis the Menace's pet dog in the eponymous comic strip of The Beano (7) |
| INAMERICA | 1999 novel by Susan Sontag, winner of the US National Book Award for Fiction (2,7) |
| STARSPANGLED | Type of banner that is the title of the US national anthem (4-8) |
| STOWE | Country house set in 880 acres of gardens in Buckinghamshire with a restored music room decorated in wall paintings of birds, butterflies and flowers by Vincenzo Valdre (5) |
