| RAMAYANA | God leading South American people to North America - an epic story |
| CORRAL | In North America an enclosure for horses or cattle, often round (6) |
| BLOCH | "America, an Epic Rhapsody" composer Ernest |
| APACHE | Native American people to whom Geronimo belonged |
| THOREAU | Water god, leading American writer (7) |
| STUPOR | Dazed state of man of God leading men (6) |
| TEARAWAYS | Hooligans drop onto a path leading south (9) |
| JACO | Long-time leading South African referee, -- Peyper (4) |
| SAGA | Agassi holds up an epic story (4) |
| ODYSSEY | Dyes made from soy create an epic story (7) |
| ILIAD | Lad, 11 concocted an epic story (5) |
| CHILIAD | Swiss have an epic story of the millennium (7) |
| PAMPASGRASS | Species of flowering plant, Cortaderia selloana, native to South America, an invasive pest in New Zealand (6,5) |
| YARDSALE | In America, an informal event to make money from unwanted household items (4,4) |
| SEDER | Jewish ritual after which my grandmother made us sing "God Bless America" (an unusual choice) |
| INCA | Member of an early South American people (4) |
| CHILEANS | South American people Greek character added to lists (8) |
| INCAS | South American people who ruled an empire covering the Andean highlands (5) |
| TUPI | A member of an indigenous South American people of Brazil and Paraguay (4) |
| CARIB | Member of an indigenous South American people |
