| ALISTAIRCOOKE | Journalist known for his Letter from America (8,5) |
| COOKE | Alistair ___, British-born journalist, TV personality and broadcaster best known for his Letter from America |
| BAGEHOT | Walter ___, journalist known for his 1867 work, The English Constitution (7) |
| CARL | Investigative journalist known for his work on Watergate (4,9) |
| ENTERTHELISTS | Sent his letter, prepared to engage in controversy |
| SOLLICITUDINE | In disquiet, as Pliny described in his letter to Calpurnia; infirmitatis tuae ratio incerta et varia ____ exterret (Epistulae 6.4) (abl.) |
| AMOS | Biblical prophet whom Martin Luther King Jr. referred to as "an extremist for justice" in his "Letter From Birmingham Jail" |
| ISLET | His letter mentions a small isolated area (5) |
| EPISTLE | What makes that pest lie in his letter? (7) |
| TOMB | Q: How did the mummy start his letter?" A: "___ it may concern ..." |
| SECONDPOST | By which the moonlighter got his letter of appointment? (6,4) |
| NUDIST | "A man who publishes his letters becomes a ____ — nothing shields him from the world's gaze except his bare skin" (EB White) |
| LEWIS | "Lochaber no more, Sutherland no more, _ _ _ _ _ no more, Skye no more", from The Proclaimers' "Letter From America" (5) |
| ALISTAIR | Cooke of "Letter from America" |
| ZEBEDEE | Last Letter from America about historian and disciples' father |
| ALJAZEERA | A letter from America in bottle found in the French Channel |
| INDIANINK | In which Letter from America might originally have been written? |
| BREEZE | Current duo starting broadcast recalled Cooke's last Letter from America |
| ZEE | Last letter from America? (3) |
| BATHGATE | West Lothian town featuring in 'Letter From America' by The Proclaimers (8) |
