| GIVEBLOOD | Donate to the American Red Cross, say |
| TITHES | Donates to the Church, e.g. |
| CPR | Certifiably important lifesaving skills training offered by the American Red Cross and the American Heart Association (acronym) |
| CLARABARTON | Organizer of the American Red Cross |
| BARTON | A hospital field nurse, she later founded the American Red Cross |
| ESTREET | Locale of the American Red Cross headquarters in Washington |
| NGOS | Amnesty International and the American Red Cross, e.g.: Abbr. |
| CLARA | Barton, nurse who founded the American Red Cross in 1881 (5) |
| FLAG | Forced schoolboy to hold large Red Cross, say |
| DONATES | Supports the Red Cross, say |
| CHARITYDRIVE | Collection for the Red Cross, say |
| BLOODDRIVES | American Red Cross campaigns: 2 wds. |
| ARC | Discharge leaders of American Red Cross (3) |
| EXEATS | Permissions priest gets from bishop to go cross say to East building (6) |
| USSR | Team that lost to the American hockey team in the "Miracle on Ice" at the 1980 Olympics: Abbr. |
| DUGONG | This marine mammal inhabits the warm coastal waters of the Indian and Pacific oceans and feeds on seagrasses; it is similar to the American manatee. (6) |
| ILLEGAL | Contrary to the rules, I'll give a point to the American lass (7) |
| OUST | Show the door to the American in the outskirts of Oakhurst (4) |
| ATLANTA | Some eat lantanas to get to the American city (7) |
| AWARD | Bronze Star or Iron Cross, say |
