| BEAVERSTATE | The --- ---, a nickname for the US area of Oregon (6,5) |
| RUST | ___ Belt, US areas of industrial decline (4) |
| NUTMEGSTATE | The - - - - - -, nickname for the US state of Connecticut (6,5) |
| OLDDOMINION | Nickname for the US state of Virginia (3,8) |
| OLDCONTEMPTIBLES | The ____, a nickname for the British Expeditionary Force, based on a description attributed to Kaiser Wilhelm II |
| EXILES | The ____, a nickname for the rugby union team London Irish (6) |
| DOUGHBOYS | Regional name for flour-based dumplings that bob or float atop soups or stews; or, a nickname for the US soldiers of the First World War (9) |
| HOOSIER | The --- State, a nickname for the US state of Indiana (7) |
| TREASURESTATE | The --- ---, a nickname for the US state of Montana (8,5) |
| BIGAPPLE | The ____ , a nickname for New York City (3,5) |
| ERIOPHYLLUM | Genus of perennial plants from the daisy family, with the common name of Oregon sunshine (11) |
| THEBIGEASY | A nickname for the US city of New Orleans (3,3,4) |
| BLACKCATS | The ___ , a nickname of Sunderland AFC (5,4) |
| THROSTLES | The ___, a nickname of West Bromwich Albion (9) |
| GREATEST | The ____, a nickname of U.S. heavyweight boxer Muhammad Ali (8) |
| IRONS | The ___, a nickname of West Ham (5) |
| BESS | "Good Queen ___", a nickname for Queen Elizabeth I (4) |
| CHAIRBOYS | The ___ , a nickname of Wycombe (9) |
| ORLEANS | The Maid Of ____, a nickname of Joan of Arc (7) |
| OLDGLORY | A nickname for the flag of the United States (3,5) |
