| MADASAMARCHHARE | Unstable time and very hard stuff an unhappy American brought up (3,2,1,5,4) |
| IRONY | Like very hard stuff in sardonic wit (5) |
| PASADENA | Secretary in French welcoming unhappy American from somewhere in California (8) |
| CRISIS | Unstable time |
| INSCRUTABLE | Drunk public servant losing head, and very hard to understand |
| WENTDISGUISED | We will be briefly incognito and very hard to recognise (4-9) |
| MIDWEST | Unstable times around capitals of Delaware and Washington or another part of the US? (7) |
| POPCORN | Music, soppy stuff, an accompaniment for films? (7) |
| GUINEAPIG | Price to stuff an animal? |
| ONCEINABLUEMOON | When at work, an unhappy doctor gets about very rarely (4,2,1,4,4) |
| SUTRA | Buddhist writing and painting American brought up (5) |
| SUGAR | Baby and kid American brought up |
| SATSUMA | South American brought up a necessity for sweet fruit (7) |
| DANISH | Pastry North American brought up in bowl |
| SUSHI | American brought up his poorly prepared food |
| MAYAN | Central American brought back North American tuber (5) |
| MATSURI | Eastern ceremony with complicated mass Irish-American brought west |
| SUGARCANE | Grand American brought back mysterious crop from tropics (5,4) |
| SUSTAINED | American brought in instead, unexpectedly went through (9) |
| SUITABLE | It's appropriate to have one American brought back on board (8) |
