| BYGEORGE | My word, how Ira's lyrics were set |
| FREE | Tax-___ (how IRAs accumulate) |
| AIRSHOW | How Ira's travelling to the sky entertainment event (3,4) |
| DREAMS | These lyrics were written by an optimist: "I'll be home for Christmas, if only in my ___" |
| OCANADA | Anthem whose original lyrics were in French |
| CONSTRUE | Explain, in other words, how trick is authentic (8) |
| EXPRESS | Put into words how fast one can send it (7) |
| PORTRAYS | Describes in words how Raymond's taken to drink (8) |
| DESCRIBE | Depict in words how Ed turned on writer (8) |
| EWART | Middle name of William Gladstone; or, the poet whose lyrics were used for the WAGGGS World Song anthem (5) |
| INTERNATIONALE | Left-wing anthem whose lyrics were written by the anarchist Eugene Pottier, with "The" |
| MISSSAIGON | 1989 Claude-Michel Schonberg and Alain Boublil West End musical whose lyrics were co-written by Richard Maltby, Jr |
| TOLKIEN | Oxford professor whose celebrated stories were set in Middle Earth, JRR ... |
| NYC | Where Friends and Seinfeld were set: Abbr. |
| IGNITE | On the Teign, three ships collided and were set alight (6) |
| OHIO | State where The Drew Carey Show and Glee were set |
| SACRED | Reads about first class who were set apart (6) |
| OREGON | State where "Stand by Me" and "Wild" were set |
| HADITMADE | Otherwise Adam & Edith were set for life (3,2,4) |
| FAULKNER | William ..., US novelist whose works were set in the southern states |
