| RIGATONI | In the US, it's OK to leave husband for one primarily interested in Italian food |
| GRIDIRON | In the US, it's the football playing field - in the rest of the world it's the sport itself |
| ELLIPSIS | I spell out one, primarily syntactical, way to indicate missing text (8) |
| MARRYOFF | Find a husband for (one's daughter) |
| STAYHOME | Don't leave husband over yours truly, remain in situ! |
| HONEYDEW | Cut round one primarily young delicious fruit (8) |
| TIDELAND | In US it's frequently submerged, finally, in delta (8) |
| RECENT | Is about to get small change in the US. It's up to date (6) |
| PRECIOUS | Unusual price is nothing to us. It's just dear! (8) |
| TORTOISE | One so slow educated us, it's said (8) |
| ENDIVE | In the US it's called chicory, what do we call the same thing? (6) |
| SENSUOUS | Excitable Sue's on us, it's pleasurable (8) |
| BACCARAT | Brexit, both sides accept capital involving America, it's a gamble (8) |
| ILLUSIVE | I dwell outside Latin America - it's deceptive (8) |
| SORGHUM | One of the world's top five cereal crops, with the United States its largest producer (7) |
| UNREAL | Expression of admiration in the US. It's incredible (6) |
| EGOTIST | One who is primarily interested in oneself (7) |
| ACE | One longing to leave husband |
| TANKFUL | Obliged to leave husband behind - the car can hold no more |
| GLOBETROT | Following journey across lake, promise to leave husband and travel widely (5-4) |
