| FEORE | Canadian actor Colm born in Boston, Massachusetts |
| KENNEDY | 35th US president, whose library is located in Boston, Massachusetts |
| FANEUILHALL | Also known as the "Cradle of Liberty", a popular tourist site in Boston, Massachusetts |
| MEANEY | Irish Deep Space Nine actor, Colm _ (6) |
| TEAPARTY | Boston --- ---, 1773 raid on three British ships in the harbour of Boston, Massachusetts, a protest against British government (3,5) |
| BEANTOWN | Informally, Boston (Massachusetts) |
| ALBANYNY | Capital west of Boston, MA |
| NDAK | State with roughly the same population as Boston, MA |
| SOWA | Area of Boston MA popular with artists and designers (4) |
| BROOKLYN | Where the immigrants in Colm Toibin's 2009 novel settled? (8) |
| CONAIR | Colm Meaney appeared in this action film about a prisoner transfer that goes wrong. (3,3) |
| COYLE | Colm ....., Meath half back who won an All-Ireland football final winner's medal in 1996 (5) |
| BI | Played by Donal O'Kelly, who is the business partner of Colm Meaney's Larry in The Van? (5) |
| RAMIN | Canadian stage musicals performer Mr. Karimloo who was inspired by the Toronto production of The Phantom of the Opera starring Colm Wilkinson |
| NORA | Colm Toibin's '__ Webster' |
| LOCHLOMOND | Scottish lake's mysterious hold on Colm |
| ISLAM | Religion for Mal colm X |
| GOOCH | 'The ..... ', nickname of former Kerry right-corner forward Colm Cooper (5) |
| THEMASTER | Colm Toibin novel |
| MAL | Nickname that drops "lory" or "colm" |
