| STEGOSAURUS | USA's guest or problematic prehistoric figure? (11) |
| APEMEN | Prehistoric figures in the "March of Progress" |
| POISONEDCHALICE | An assignment or award that is likely to prove disadvantageous or problematic to the recipient (8,7) |
| NOSWEAT | Phrase used to convey that something is not difficult or problematic (2,5) |
| HOSPES | A guest or his host |
| VISITOR | A person who is a caller, guest or tourist (7) |
| CAGELINGS | Canaries, linnets, Victorian parlour birds or other gilded guests or feathered prisoners of the mesh, confined to elaborate wirework "palaces" or barred volaries (9) |
| RESIDENT | An inhabitant; a non-migratory animal/bird; a registered hotel guest; or, a US term for a boarder (8) |
| EDGAR | Guest or Winter |
| VISITS | Official calls; sightseeing excursions; or, short stays made by guests or migrant birds (6) |
| HOST | An army, flock of sparrows or other great multitude; the sun, moon and stars; one who lodges/entertains guests; or, a Eucharistic wafer (4) |
| TOASTERS | Some wedding guests or gifts |
| HOSPITABLE | Welcoming to guests or strangers |
| RECEIVE | What people do to guests or tennis balls (7) |
| SPAREROOM | Place for overnight guests or a home office |
| RECEPTIONISTS | They greet guests or inspect ties put out for them (13) |
| RECEPTIONIST | Person employed in an office, hotel, doctor's surgery, etc to receive clients, guests or patients, arrange appointments, etc (12) |
| SINGLES | One-way tickets; hotel rooms for solo guests; or, 45 RPM records (7) |
| PROHIBITION | USA's 1920s alcohol ban (11) |
| SUSQUEHANNA | Longest river of the USA's east coast, rising in Otsego Lake, New York, and emptying into Chesapeake Bay in Maryland (11) |
