| DOMINOTHEORY | Notion used by successive US administrations during the Cold War to justify the need for American intervention around the world (6,6) |
| THEFREEWORLD | Term used during the Cold War to refer to the Western Bloc of non-Communist countries collectively (3,4,5) |
| LEFTHANDDRIVE | Radical operative approach is need for American cars (4,4,5) |
| CITYHALL | Financial district with pull, we hear, in local US administration (4,4) |
| PENTAGON | Shapely seat of US administration (8) |
| ENDS | What, in the saying, are supposed to justify the means |
| VINDICATE | I am able to justify the manner in which I evict Dan (9) |
| YANQUI | There's no going North on endless leave for American in the South |
| CADAVER | Stiff local drink opened for American in underground cellar at the foundation (7) |
| COUNTERBALANCE | Compensate for American in concert unable to play (14) |
| MAKEAKILLING | Clean up type of car for American in Kildare half into golf (4,1,7) |
| ASWELLAS | Too grand for American in support group on Sabbath (2,4,2) |
| THAW | Cold-War-to-detente transition |
| WARM | No cold war to many (4) |
| FEMINIST | Skirt for American in banquet? I push her cause |
| BIDUP | Raise in price by successive offers |
| ESCALATE | To develop or increase by successive stages (8) |
| CUMULATIVE | Increasing in quantity or force by successive additions (10) |
| FUGUE | Composition wherein a melody is taken over by successive interweavings of it |
| INRELAYS | Of an activity, done by successive groups |
