| LOLLYGAG | It's funny on social media, extremely likely a joke, for Americans to mooch |
| OEDIPUS | Complex figure finds work around media extremely lacking |
| ODEONA | Work that's outstanding, we hear, was a joke for a thousand drachmas a day (3,2,1,7,3) |
| GAGARIN | A feature of Saturn almost beyond a joke for old spaceman |
| REACT | Laugh at a joke, for example |
| MEANDER | With a need to unwind, a gentleman about to mooch (7) |
| EXXON | Period for Americans to bear crosses for fuel company (5) |
| INDEPENDENCEDAY | Good date for Americans to be given the key to the door (12,3) |
| EARWIG | A bug for Americans to eavesdrop |
| BUMSTEERS | Bad advice for Americans to ferment must into alcoholic drinks |
| NINEPINS | Skittles are one short for Americans to bowl at (8) |
| THEFIFTH | Keep mum in court - an ordinal number for Americans to plead? (3,5) |
| ICENI | Ancient people mostly ready for Americans to occupy islands (5) |
| TENFOUR | It's OK for Americans to call out these two figures (3-4) |
| LOT | Large number in place for Americans to park (3) |
| EUROPE | Common place for Americans to realize that trains totally rock |
| LITERALLY | Capacity for Americans to join together precisely |
| MEERKAT | They look funny on watch but are only a feline, we hear (7) |
| CONAN | Television star who went on the "Legally Prohibited From Being Funny on Television Tour" in 2010 |
| HITUP | Try to mooch from |
