| WEARETHEWORLD | Charity single recorded by USA for Africa in 1985 (2,3,3,5) |
| ABOARD | On ship heading for Africa, in the doldrums reportedly? (6) |
| LEANONME | 1972 song written and recorded by US singer/songwriter Bill Withers (4,2,2) |
| GENUS | Information supplied by us for group |
| STIMULUS | Litmus produced by us for incentive |
| NEBULOUS | Vague and murky blue adopted by us for Christian Dior (8) |
| WORLDINMOTION | New Order single recorded with the England football team in 1990 |
| ARE | We ___ the World song by the charity supergroup USA for Africa |
| BOXOFBISCUITS | Pack off most of the Bourbons to USA for Christmas? (3,2,8) |
| AUTHORISATION | Unfortunately Ontario hit USA for licence (13) |
| PERFECTDAY | Song by U.S. musician Lou Reed released in 1972 and recorded for a charity single in 1997 (7,3) |
| IMAGINE | John Lennon single recorded in 1971 (7) |
| SCRATCHY | Easily annoyed by original single recorded among the easily remembered (8) |
| RYANLOCHTE | American swimmer with 12 Olympic medals who was suspended by USA Swimming after falsely claiming to have been robbed at gunpoint after a night out in Rio in 2016 (4,6) |
| ONEWAYORANOTHER | Blondie song covered by One Direction on a number one charity single for Comic Relief in 2013 (3,3,2,7) |
| SUBROSA | Relations held by USA tortured in secret |
| BLACKPARADE | Charity single released by Beyonce in 2020 (5,6) |
| LOFI | Bread releasing a single recorded as DIY music? (2-2) |
| ALEUTIANISLANDS | North Pacific group shared by USA and Russia (8,7) |
| MOODENG | Baby pygmy hippo called a "wet, chubby 'lifestyle icon'" by USA Today |
