| SHUTE | British novelist coming from the US |
| CONGRESSIONAL | Crossing alone coming from the US legislature (13) |
| TOLSTOY | Novelist coming up with opening play |
| SIERRA | Main mountain system of Mexico, extending from the US border in the north to the Guatemalan border in the south (6,5) |
| MADRE | Main mountain system of Mexico, extending from the US border in the north to the Guatemalan border in the south (6,5) |
| METRE | Basic unit of length in the metric system (as all the world, apart from the US, spells it) |
| LOUISEGLUCK | The Wild Iris poet from the US who won the Nobel Prize in Literature in 2020: 2 wds. |
| JOHNSON | Michael ____’s omission from the US team in 44A made the British win much more likely |
| TRANSATLANTIC | On the other side of the ocean from the US (13) |
| LEONTYNEPRICE | One of the great 6 - from the US (8,5) |
| ERICA | Heather getting out in the morning from the US (5) |
| OER | ___ the ramparts ... (words from the US national anthem) |
| GINSBERG | Begs ring from the US poet of the beat generation |
| INCAN | Hot fire from the US or from South America once |
| AUSTRALIA | First country to snatch the America's Cup from the US |
| SOUTHKOREA | From the US, OK, or a different state in the East |
| CALLAS | One of the great 6 - from the US and Greece (5,6) (See 11A) |
| MARIA | One of the great 6 - from the US and Greece (5,6) |
| THETWIST | A worldwide dance craze from the US, popularised by Chubby Checker in the early 1960s (3,5) |
| DOLL | This man from Molland has been seen going around with an attractive young woman from the US (4) |
