| CARSON | - - - City, capital of the US state of Nevada (6) |
| CARSONCITY | Capital of the state of Nevada (6,4) |
| LASVEGAS | Largest city in the state of Nevada (3,5) |
| HOOVERDAM | Barrier in the Black Canyon of the Colorado River, on the border between the states of Nevada and Arizona (6,3) |
| TOPEKA | The capital of the US state of Kansas (6) |
| ALBANY | Capital of the US state of New York (6) |
| PIERRE | Capital of the US state of South Dakota (6) |
| BOSTON | Capital of the US state of Massachusetts (6) |
| HELENA | Capital of the US state of Montana (6) |
| IBADAN | Major Nigerian city, capital of the state of Oyo (6) |
| DENVER | The capital and most populous city of the US state of Colorado (6) |
| ZWOLLE | Dutch city, capital of the province of Overijssel (6) |
| ARNHEM | Dutch city, capital of the province of Gelderland (6) |
| LAREDO | Texas city, capital of the short-lived Republic of the Rio Grande in 1840 |
| AUSTIN | Capital city of the US state of Texas (6) |
| JUNEAU | Capital city of the US state of Alaska (6) |
| NAPLES | Italian city, capital of the Campania region (6) |
| VENICE | Italian city, capital of the Veneto region (6) |
| AQUILA | Italian city, capital of the Abruzzi region (6) |
| TUCSON | Second-largest city of the US state of Arizona, known as 'the Old Pueblo' (6) |
