| OTTAWA | Capital north of Washington, D.C. |
| OTT | Capital north of D.C. |
| MURIELBOWSER | This current mayor of Washington, D.C., has been an advocate of its statehood since taking office in 2015; in 2022, she even had 51-star U.S. flags raised along Pennsylvania Avenue |
| LENFANT | City planner of Washington, D.C. |
| HAFTS | Feuding business family of Washington, D.C. |
| NEW | ___ Columbia (proposed state name of Washington, D.C.) |
| RESTON | Virginia suburb of Washington, D.C. |
| KSTREET | Part of Washington, D.C., known for lobbying firms |
| EMBASSY | ___ Row, part of Washington, D.C. |
| POTOMAC | Border river of Washington, D.C. |
| VMI | ROTC school WSW of Washington, D.C. |
| BETHESDA | Suburb of Washington, D.C. |
| ADRIAN | ___ Fenty, former mayor of Washington, D.C. |
| TYSONS | ___ Corner, suburb of Washington, D.C. |
| PRESIDENT | Quiet inhabitant - of Washington D.C.? |
| DACCA | Capital north of the Bay of Bengal |
| ATHENS | Capital north of the Sea of Crete |
| SALEM | Capital north of Eugene |
| OKLAHOMACITY | State capital north of Texas |
| HANOI | World capital north of Ninh Binh |
