| FARINACEOUS | Wingers come up with home winner and nil to America, which is corny (11) |
| CHURNS | Switzerland goes to America (which has Navy) to get vessels (6) |
| REDEYE | Overnight flight to America which affects pupils |
| LIVINGS | Henry ?, British dramatist whose stage plays include Eh? and Nil Carborundum |
| INLAND | And nil turns away from the sea (6) |
| ORINOCO | Major river in South America which is home to the giant anaconda, river dolphins and an endangered species of crocodile; the name of one of the Wombles; or, linked with "Flowa", a song by Enya (7) |
| DENALI | Mountain in North America which is one of the Seven Summits and which was first climbed in 1913 |
| TONYKUSHNER | Angels in America Pulitzer winner and 2005 inductee into the American Academy of Arts and Letters: 2 wds. |
| ANNIEPROULX | The Shipping News Pulitzer winner and 2007 inductee into the American Academy of Arts and Letters: 2 wds. |
| ARAPAIMA | Freshwater fish of tropical South America which is among the world's largest; also called pirarucu and paiche (8) |
| SECRETARIAT | American thoroughbred, 1973 Triple Crown winner, and subject of a 2010 film |
| DEREKJACOBI | Two-time Laurence Olivier Award winner (and anagram of BAD RICE JOKE) (5,6) |
| ONTHENEARSIDE | Left for us, which is rather mean (2,3,4,4) |
| VIOLATION | Six-nil to City and into disarray, this is an outrage (9) |
| AGOUTI | Rodents native to South and Middle America, which resemble long-legged guinea pics (6) |
| VAMPIRE | Bat of Central and South America which feeds on the blood of birds and mammals (7) |
| LINDEN | It must end with nil to please a Limey! (6) |
| YUCCA | Genus of plants of tropical and subtropical America which includes Spanish bayonet (5) |
| ANTEATER | Toothless mammal of Central and South America which eats termites (8) |
| AMAZON | River of South America which in volume is the largest river in the world (6) |
