| CONSUME | Catch a mouse in North Carolina and eat it! (7) |
| TRAP | You can catch a mouse in a ___ (4) |
| SMOKY | Great ___ Mountains National Park (attraction in North Carolina and Tennessee) |
| BARNOWL | Countryside bird hunting at night and dusk that can eat a mouse in one (4,3) |
| MADEIRA | Where they can have their cake and eat it too, and some wine (7) |
| PECKISH | Hungary, it's said, is eager have their cake and eat it perhaps (7) |
| CATSEYE | You'd expect it to catch a mouse |
| WAYNICK | Musical project started by Beirut natives Sara Abdo and Joe Kazan. The band is known for their singles "Glasshouse," "Better Days," and "Carolina" and their EP Before I Leave. (7) |
| SCRUFFY | Trump in South Carolina, and heading for York, dishevelled (7) |
| SCRAWNY | Gaunt artist beginning to work in South Carolina and New York (7) |
| AGITATE | I tag along and eat it just to get things moving (7) |
| SCANDAL | Malicious gossip in South Carolina and Alabama |
| TOASTIE | Hot sandwich is made-up, so eat it! (7) |
| PORKPIE | Lie about hat - you may have to eat it! |
| HATTER | "Tea so strong, you could trot a mouse on it!" Hence, that wacko with a mouse in his teapot? (3,3,6) |
| THEMAD | "Tea so strong, you could trot a mouse on it!" Hence, that wacko with a mouse in his teapot? (3,3,6) |
| PENCE | Number one across North Carolina and number two in Washington (5) |
| LEFTCLICK | Engage a mouse in a typical way (hyph.) |
| LION | Animal helped by a mouse in a fable |
| VIRGINIA | What stands between North Carolina and Kentucky |
