| RHAETIA | Area hit badly in old province (7) |
| SNUG | Sung badly in old place in bar (4) |
| SOVIET | One split votes badly in old revolutionary council (6) |
| TIGHTEN | Pull in when gent gets hit badly (7) |
| SATSUMA | Old province of south-west Japan (pop about 25,000) (7) |
| BOHEMIA | Snake crosses border by one old province (7) |
| HARPIST | Does she play rap hits badly ?(7) |
| ESTONIA | Is France's old province to the north of a European country? (7) |
| NATALIE | East of old province, I spotted European female |
| NATURAL | Seeing old city in old province is not far-fetched (7) |
| NEONATAL | Relating to new baby, one abandoned in old province |
| NATAL | Neat trails, every other one hidden in old province |
| BRITANNIA | Graduate catching different train in old province |
| GREENBELT | Bowling area hit in area given protection? (5,4) |
| CALAMITY | Disaster with area hit hard in major town |
| DEATHVALLEY | This California area hit 130 degrees on Aug. 16, the third-hottest temp ever recorded; it's also where the hottest-ever temp, 134 degrees, was recorded in 1913 |
| ILLHEALTH | Poor state of Alabama in hell hit badly (3,6) |
| INTHECLEAR | Cleaner hit badly is no longer in danger (2,3,5) |
| SHIPS | Was hit badly -perishes in agony (1,3,5,5) |
| BUDDHIST | Believer died twice in bus hit badly |
