| APPLEPIE | As American as ___, US expression |
| NAILS | Tough As _, US job challenge reality contest series (5) |
| GEE | US expression of surprise |
| MEOW | "It's the cat's ___": dated US expression for something appealing, similar to 'the cat's pyjamas' (4) |
| APPLE | As American as ___ pie |
| CHERRYPIE | "Violence is a part of America's culture. It is as American as ___" - H Rap Brown, 1967 (6,3) |
| PIE | As American as apple ___, saying (3) |
| SIMILE | "As American as apple pie," for example |
| CANASTA | Game is as American as Tamil somewhat (7) |
| ALISTAIRMACLEAN | British author? All-American, as it turned out |
| FRACTIOUS | Third, perhaps, to dismiss North American as grouchy (9) |
| VIRUS | See Irish American as source of complaint (5) |
| ALIVE | American, as it happens, is quick (5) |
| SEDIMENT | Sent about ten cents American, as a deposit (8) |
| GRANDDADDY | An alternative relative in US expressions like "the mother of all traffic jams" |
| DREAMER | In the US, someone who arrived in the country illegally as a child, identifies as American, and wants to become legal (7) |
| CAREFREE | Spooner's interpretation of good-looking Native American as happy-go-lucky (8) |
| NASAL | Coming from an American as a loud kind of intonation (5) |
| ALISTAIR | Shettleston writer was all-American, as it turns out (8,7) |
| MACLEAN | Shettleston writer was all-American, as it turns out (8,7) |
