| TRIPURA | Small state of NE India bordered to the north, south and west by Bangladesh; capital, Agartala (7) |
| OKLAHOMA | State of the south central US separated from Texas to the south and west by the Red River (8) |
| BIHAR | State of NE India bordered by Nepal to the north; capital, Patna (5) |
| NEWSSTAND | Provides updates, from North, South, and West (9) |
| INDIANA | US state bordered to the east by Ohio and west by Illinois |
| TABASCO | Estado (state) of SE Mexico bordered to the north by the Gulf of Mexico; capital, Villahermosa (7) |
| LEITRIM | County in Ireland that is bordered to the north by Donegal (7) |
| ISRAEL | Middle East country that is bordered to the north by Lebanon (6) |
| LOOE | Cornish resort split east and west by its river (4) |
| MASONDIXONLINE | Mix online and so spread the North-South divide (5-5,4) |
| SANDALS | Bottom gear for salad of the North-South divide (7) |
| LATITUDINAL | Along the north/south axis, until a tidal change |
| ILLINOIS | A state in the Middle West of the USA, to the south and west of Lake Michigan |
| SARK | Smallest of the four main Channel Islands, bordered to the west by Brecqhou (4) |
| MINASGERAIS | Fourth-largest and second most populous state of Brazil, bordered to the south and east by Rio de Janeiro (5,6) |
| UTRECHT | Central region of the Netherlands bordered to the south by the Rhine (7) |
| ESTONIA | Bordered to the south by Latvia, the birth country of former chess grandmaster Paul Keres and Skype co-developer Jaan Tallinn (7) |
| ASSAM | State of NE India (whose name is thought to mean 'peerless') bordered by the nations of Bhutan and Bangladesh (5) |
| BYSEA | West Sussex town on the English Channel bordered to its north by the South Downs (8-2-3) |
| SHOREHAM | West Sussex town on the English Channel bordered to its north by the South Downs (8-2-3) |
