| WOODCHUCK | Forest in front of pitch has American marmot (9) |
| AVATAR | Screen image showing Victor between a pair of Americans in front of pitch (6) |
| PLOD | Trudge in front of pitch with old eccentric (4) |
| MILESTONE | Trumpeter at front of pitch for key event (9) |
| SKISLOPE | Most of the film pitch has a tendency to go downhill (3,5) |
| TARGETAREA | Ground Arsenal's trained on? Pitch has become draughtier, reportedly |
| GROUNDHOG | North American marmot also called a woodchuck and whistlepig (9) |
| ARCHANGEL | Figure in nativity story has American coins in both hands (9) |
| RRDIVIVUS | Vicar, keeping what he got from the Co-op, has American resurrected (9) |
| MOTORBOAT | Small vessel for marmot or boa to use most (9) |
| THEMANDUS | The man has American diamonds, at first -it's indicative of the social divide (4, 3, 2) |
| RAPTUROUS | Modern music before fantastic tour has American 'over the moon' |
| MOUNTAINS | Where marmots and chamois live |
| PRAIRIEDOG | I paid Roger off for American Marmot of the Grassy Plains (7,3) |
| SCOTSPINE | Growing in abundance in the Caledonian Forest in the Scottish Highlands, one of the three conifers n |
| PRAIRIEDOGS | Roger is paid for training North American marmots (7,4) |
| ORANGUTAN | Literally meaning "man of the forest" in the Malay language, the largest arboreal mammal, genus Pongo (9) |
| GRIZEDALE | Forest in the Lake District (9) |
| GREENWOOD | Forest in full leaf or verdancy (9) |
| BROADMINDED | Liberal has American woman taken care of (5-6) |
