| BRUSQUE | European person adopting form of football - not American, to be blunt (7) |
| OLDWORLD | It's not American to be quaintly attractive (3-5) |
| COLOMBO | Explorer, not American, to ring poorly dressed detective (7) |
| COLUMBO | Explorer (not American) to love TV detective (7) |
| COVERT | Secret person adopting a new faith with no end of passion (6) |
| GENDERBENDER | Person adopting an androgynous style (6-6) |
| TACITUS | Understood by American to be a Roman historian and orator (7) |
| REFUSAL | Initially find American to be in genuine denial |
| DIEHARD | Woman, difficult, accepting European person who resists change (3-4) |
| SILENCE | Pagan god (not American) going to church still (7) |
| RESTYLE | Offer new term for others going to American university, but not American |
| BALDRIC | To be blunt, half one's wealth is under one's belt (7) |
| FRANKLY | Shoot a line in, to be blunt (7) |
| FUNFAIR | Entertainment? Start on football, not cricket |
| SPIRAEA | Plant from port, not American - in South Africa (7) |
| YIELDER | One who gives in surprisingly readily (English, not American) (7) |
| COUNTUP | What game clocks do in soccer but not American football |
| NARAYAN | Indian author not American one penning article |
| JINDAL | Bobby __, the first Indian-American to be governor of a U.S. state |
| GAELIC | Form of football in which the ball may be kicked, bounced or punched, but not thrown (6) |
