| MINNESOTA | Atoms spinning round in north-eastern state (9) |
| MONTANA | State of an atom, spinning around neutron initially |
| BIALYSTOK | Largest city in north-eastern Poland; also Mel Brooks' character in The Producers, Max ___ (9) |
| NECESSITY | Want to find oriental ship docked in north-eastern town (9) |
| NASHVILLE | Kind of timber house, incomplete, in north-eastern music centre (9) |
| BROUGHTUP | Unpleasant time in bar - after spinning round, was sick (7,2) |
| IRREGULAR | Odd mirror occasionally broken by an arm spinning round (9) |
| MANCHURIA | Region in north eastern China |
| IVYLEAGUE | Group of prestigious universities in north-eastern US (3,6) |
| INTESTINE | Popular experiment begins in North-Eastern part of the alimentary canal |
| RINGDANCE | What has one spinning round ending with car crashing |
| CHAMPAGNE | Celebratory drink made in north-eastern France - it has European Union Protected Designation of Ori |
| OCARINA | Instrument spinning round in a car (7) |
| ENGINE | Gene spinning round in motor (6) |
| EGOTRIP | Leave tripe, spinning round in self-indulgence |
| INTERPLANETARY | Like space mission with number spinning round in a trip nearly going wrong (14) |
| TRIPURA | Cricket association of a north-eastern state that has roped in Lance Kluesner as a consultant. (7) |
| NEWENGLANDER | An American born in the country's north-eastern states, such as Maine or Vermont (3,9) |
| ASSAM | A north-eastern state of India with its capital at Dispur (5) |
| MIZORAM | Aizawl is the capital of this north eastern state (7) |
