| SCOTCH | Prohibition in the states was a way to put a stop to it. (6) |
| MARINE | First runner to get into a state was a soldier on board ship (6) |
| TULSA | 24 Hours From which port in Oklahoma, in the US, was a big hit for Gene Pitney? (5) |
| EIGHT | Number of presidents born before the United States was a country |
| NOLITA | N.Y.C. neighborhood in which the first pizzeria in the United States was opened (1905) |
| THROWIN | Thor realised victory was a way to restart the game (5,2) |
| GOLDENSLUMBERS | 1969 song with the lyric "Once there was a way to get back homeward" |
| EXIT | Formerly it was a way to get out |
| ALI | Clay v. United States was decided in his favor |
| INTEND | Mean, in time, to put a stop to it (6) |
| DEFEND | Protect the deaf after a loss and put a stop to it (6) |
| BANDIT | Outlaw put a stop to it, it was reported (6) |
| IMPEND | Approach the rascal and put a stop to it (6) |
| ADDLED | Bad eggs are misled in a way to put something on (6) |
| KIBOSH | You put it on to put a stop to (6) |
| CENTRE | Small change in the US was about to follow, at the core (6) |
| POSTAL | Like the order to put a stop, somehow, to Capone (6) |
| SHEILA | ____ Hancock, actress married to John Thaw, whose memoir The Two of Us was published in 2004 (6) |
| FRIEND | Heartless father, one to put a stop to comrade (6) |
| SQUASH | Should begin to put a stop to drink (6) |