| ONE | Boy band that found fame on The X Factor before taking the US by storm (3, 9) |
| DIRECTION | Boy band that found fame on The X Factor before taking the US by storm (3, 9) |
| ONEDIRECTION | Boy band that came to fame on The X Factor (3,9) |
| AMERICANIDOL | Singing competition that found a new home on ABC |
| GILMOREGIRLS | Dramedy that found new life on Netflix |
| HENDERSON | Ella _, singer who found fame on The X Factor (9) |
| ELLA | ___ Henderson, singer who found fame on The X Factor (4) |
| SOLOMON | TV personality who first found fame on The X Factor, Stacey _ (7) |
| LOUISIANA | The western part of this state on the Mississippi was acquired by the United States by the purchase in 1803 which included a huge area of the Midwest |
| SCLUB | _ _ 7, pop act that first found fame on the show Miami 7 (1,4) |
| SHEENA | Lustre applied to article for Ms Easton, who found fame on The Big Time (6) |
| ACKER | Clarinettist whose Stranger On The Shore was the first Billboard Hot 100 No 1 in the US by a British artist (5,4) |
| BILK | Clarinettist whose Stranger On The Shore was the first Billboard Hot 100 No 1 in the US by a British artist (5,4) |
| GUAM | Largest and southernmost of the Mariana Islands in the N Pacific, ceded to the US by Spain in 1898 (4) |
| NEVADA | US state (110,540 sq miles; pop about 3 million), ceded to the US by Mexico in 1848 (6) |
| NEWMEXICO | Fifth-largest state of the US by area, known as the Land of Enchantment (3,6) |
| LUISA | _ Zissman, found fame on The Apprentice (5) |
| OUTEN | Actress who found fame on The Big Breakfast, Denise van _ (5) |
| ATTHEREADY | Waiting to get that wrapped up before taking the day off (2,3,5) |
| SIDEWALK | It's found in the US, by the way (8) |
