| PUERTO | With 40 Down, American commonwealth |
| CANADA | North American Commonwealth member |
| PUERTORICO | Self-governing American commonwealth in the Caribbean (6,4) |
| RICO | Word on the American Commonwealth list |
| BELIZE | Central American Commonwealth country (6) |
| PENN | William ___, English Quaker leader and founder, in 1681, of an American 'Commonwealth' state (4) |
| DAVIDWILKIE | The only swimmer to simultaneously hold British, American, Commonwealth, European, World and Olympic titles |
| ABASES | Takes down American military set-ups |
| NAPA | Down American wine here in 25? (4) |
| LABORIOUS | Boat halfway between two cities put down American pedestrian |
| HEEL | A low down American cad (4) |
| UPN | It turned down "American Idol" |
| GENUS | Low-down American type |
| IMMIGRANT | With 40 Down, Led Zeppelin classic with the lyric 'On we sweep with threshing oar / Our only goal will be the western shore' |
| ORONO | With 40-Down, Down East university town |
| NED | With 4-Down, American composer of art songs |
| ERIC | With 47-Down, American Olympian who won five gold medals in speed-skating at the 1980 Games in Lake Placid |
| SIMONE | With 8-Down: American gymnast who's already won 7 Olympic medals (4 of which were gold) and will try to add to that total in Paris |
| NEST | With 40-Down, money saved |
| SARA | With 40 Down, a cake maker |
