| MEASURED | Dear me! US could be considered (8) |
| BEAUTYQUEEN | Miss America could be considered one |
| RYEGRASS | Sounds ironic, marijuana could be considered fodder (8) |
| MUSCULAR | You are calm! Us? We are just brawny (8) |
| REMAINED | Didn't leave the European Union, for instance, potentially? NI - dear me! (8) |
| DIAMETER | Dear me! It disrupted Circle Line! |
| BYGEORGE | From the pen of Eliot or Orwell? Dear me! |
| GEMINIS | One twelfth of us could be emerald eyed, it's said. (7) |
| LIMIT | Stimuli, that without us, could be taken to the edge (5) |
| USEFUL | Fuel used by us could be regarded as being advantageous |
| CANTANKEROUS | Container ship, heading to Oakland, US, could be difficult to move (12) |
| BICAMERAL | British America could be left divided, like our parliament (9) |
| RETIRED | Withdrawn, as old car in America could be |
| STAG | On the contrary, guns in America could be for men only (4) |
| DELETERIOUS | Strike out on Spanish river. America could be harmful (11) |
| ABYSMAL | Assumably, the absence of United States could be terrible (7) |
| NIRVANA | New leader from Asian country admits victory for America could be ideal, in stately way? (7) |
| PROFANITY | Such irreverence could be considered to be tiny for pa! |
| ALUMNA | This old girl in US could become Malthusian (6) |
| AUSSIE | The dog in Road Games could be considered one, as could the woof in The Road Warrior. |
