| SHAKEITOFF | Taylor Swift song selected by the Rhode Island delegation in Chicago last week (Taylor owns the most expensive home in the state) |
| KISS | Prince song selected by the Minnesota delegation in Chicago last week |
| TAKE | "___ Me Home, Country Roads" (John Denver song selected by the West Virginia delegation as their walk-on music when casting their votes at the Democratic National Convention in Chicago last week) |
| LETDOWN | Head of delegation in the French town is left stranded (3,4) |
| KATHERINE | Citizen in film embraces the Rhode Island girl (9) |
| THEWAYIARE | Timbaland song selected by the Virginia delegation |
| PLAYLIST | Set of recorded songs selected by the listener (8) |
| ABINITIO | Selected by The X Factor, a person's story's entertaining from the beginning (2,6) |
| DECOR | Colour scheme selected by the firm (5) |
| REVERSE | Again poetry may be selected by the driver (7) |
| ELI | ___ Manning who was initially selected by the San Diego Chargers |
| DONT | With 30-Across: Fleetwood Mac song selected by the Arkansas delegation (since it was Bill Clinton's 1992 campaign song) |
| OTTER | Semi-aquatic animal selected by J. K. Rowling as the form of Hermione's patronus in the Order of the Phoenix (5) |
| QUICHE | From the German for "cake", a flan or tart with a savoury custard filling, such as the broad bean, spinach and tarragon variety selected by King Charles III and Queen Camilla as the official Coronatio |
| GLENN | John ---, one of the Mercury Seven, a group of astronauts selected by NASA in 1959 (5) |
| OMAKASE | Dining experience in which a menu is selected by a sushi chef instead of the customer |
| TERRACE | Theory oddly selected by people in street (7) |
| BIKINI | Gear selected by swimmer cyclin' over island (6) |
| BEVINBOY | During World War II, a young man selected by lot to work in a coal mine instead of performing normal military service (5,3) |
| CHOSENPEOPLE | Group selected by God helps one cope in different circumstances (6,6) |
