| EWALD | Danish national anthem poet |
| NATHANIELMACKEY | "Splay Anthem" poet |
| KEY | Anthem poet |
| LAUDRUP | Michael, former captain of the Danish national football team (7) |
| KASPAR | Danish national goalkeeper like his dad Peter, _ Schmeichel (6) |
| BRIANLAUDRUP | Danish national who played for Rangers in the 1990s before moving to Chelsea (5,7) |
| RENEEFLEMING | Opera singer who sang the national anthem at the Super Bowl in 2014 and received the National Medal of Arts in 2012: 2 wds. |
| PATERSON | Australian poet who wrote the country's unofficial national anthem, 'Waltzing Matilda', in 1895 (5,8) |
| BANJO | Australian poet who wrote the country's unofficial national anthem, 'Waltzing Matilda', in 1895 (5,8) |
| RUNEBERG | Johan Ludvig ___ , Finnish poet whose 'Vart land' (Our Land, 1848) became the Finnish national anthem ('Maamme') (8) |
| QATAR | Its national anthem is "Peace to the Emir" |
| STANDS | Prepares to sing the national anthem |
| SAY | Second word of the US national anthem |
| THEMARSEILLAISE | National anthem of France (3,12) |
| OMAN | Its national anthem is "Sultanic Salutation" |
| STARSPANGLED | The ___ ___, national anthem of 21 (4-8,6) |
| STAND | Prepare for the playing of the national anthem |
| OCANADA | The national anthem (1,6) |
| KIDA | 2000 Radiohead album that features "The National Anthem" |
| ISRAEL | Its national anthem is "Hatikvah" |
