| LONG | German on hols working in the US as a port employee (12) |
| SHOREMAN | German on hols working in the US as a port employee (12) |
| ONTHEBOARDS | Working in the US theatre (2,3,6) |
| OURS | British heading off on hols (4) |
| DOCKER | Curtail here undressed port employee (6) |
| NIALL | First name of Mr Horan, the One Direction member who joined The Voice in the US as a coach in 2023 (5) |
| ATOLL | Coral island and surrounding reef such as Diego Garcia (used by the US as a air base in the Indian Ocean) and Mururoa (used by the French to test nuclear weapons in the Pacific) |
| AGENTLEMANOF | 1910 P G Wodehouse novel first published in the US as The Intrusion of Jimmy (1,9,2,7) |
| SPRITE | Soft drink created by the Coca- Cola Company and introduced in the US as a competitor to 7 Up in 1961(6) |
| ELK | European name for the animal known in the US as a moose (3) |
| WHATACARVEUP | 1961 British comedy horror film starring Sid James and Kenneth Connor, released in the US as No Place Like Homicide |
| FULLSTOP | Punctuation mark known in the US as a period (4,4) |
| TELEGRAM | Which communication is known in the US as a wire (8) |
| BEN | Michael Jackson's first number one single in the US as a solo artist |
| SEDIMENT | Passed over small change in the US as a deposit (8) |
| BOATMAN | The water ___ is an aquatic insect known in the USA as a backswimmer (7) |
| INFANTSCHOOL | Place where youngsters learn something ___ cannot, if hols have been arranged (6,6) |
| WASP | Insect known in the USA as a yellow jacket (4) |
| QATAR | Nation that gave a $400 million aircraft to the US as a temporary Air Force One. (5) |
| NEWORLEANS | Salerno may be viewed thus as a port city in the south (3,7) |