| WESTNORTHWEST | Between W and NW, on a compass (2 words) |
| SE | Opposite of NW on a compass (2) |
| WSW | Point midway between W and SW |
| SW | Opposite NE on a compass (2) |
| NIAGARA | River on the border between W. New York State and Ontario (7) |
| PTS | N, E, W and S, on a compass: Abbr. |
| SEMIVOWEL | In English, a letter such as W and Y, sometimes L and R |
| RHETTS | Roles in "G.W.T.W." and "Scarlett" |
| YALE | Alma mater of George W. and H.W. Bush |
| HAIFA | Chief port and third-largest city of Israel, in the NW on the slopes of Mount Carmel (5) |
| SMITH | Author Zadie who has penned novels including The Autograph Man, NW, On Beauty and White Teeth (5) |
| YAQUI | Member of a Native American people of Arizona and NW Mexico (5) |
| PASHTO | A language of Afghanistan and NW Pakistan (6) |
| ERIE | A member of an Iroquoian people formerly living on the south shore of Lake Erie in northern Ohio and northwest Pennsylvania and western New York. |
| COLOBUS | Leaf-eating arboreal monkey of W and Central Africa covered by white and black coat |
| SONS | George W. and Jeb, to George |
| NEIL | Younger brother of George W. and Jeb |
| WELSH | Language in which "w" and "y" are considered vowels |
| STONE | Oliver ***** , director whose films include 'W.' and 'Snowden' (5) |
| NAGA | Member of a group of peoples of NE India and NW Myanmar who formerly practised headhunting (4) |
