| HITPAYDIRT | Informally, in the US, to achieve profitable success |
| HASHOVER | Informally in the US, to discuss in detail or at length |
| EATSCROW | Informally in the US, "is humiliated" |
| PAYDIRT | Profitable success |
| SMOKEYBEAR | Ursine mascot used in the US to educate the public about the danger of forest fires (6,4) |
| HYUNDAI | South Korean motor company who announced in 2023 that a new plant will be built in the US to produce flying taxis (7) |
| WRANGLE | In the US, to herd cattle (7) |
| TIPSTER | Adviser using time in the US to break bank (7) |
| HAVEANICEDAY | Encouragement in the US to spend a few hours happily (4,1,4,3) |
| CHAPEL | Man takes elevated rail-road in the US to private place of worship (6) |
| EMMY | What statuette is awarded in the US to an outstanding television programme or performer? (4) |
| HANDSOME | Dole out a great deal in the US to an attractive character (8) |
| MINORIN | In the USA, to study as a subsidiary subject |
| BOBBIE | In 1924 this lost dog traveled more than 2,800 miles in the winter across the United States to return to its family. He was dubbed "the Wonder Dog." |
| PHILIPPINES | South-east Asian country which rebelled against Spanish rule in 1896 and against the US, to whom the country had been ceded, in 1899 (11) |
| LEASELEND | Act (1941) allowing the USA to provide war materials, etc, to the Allies in the Second World War (5-4) |
| METRES | Lengths to go to going from the US to Canada |
| DALEYTHOMPSON | The only person born outside the USA to win the Olympic decathlon title twice in a row |
| ILLINOIS | A state in the Middle West of the USA, to the south and west of Lake Michigan |
| SINCLAIR | The first author from the USA to receive the Nobel Prize in Literature, _ Lewis (8) |
