| VANADIUM | Chemical element 23, discovered by SpanishMexican scientist Andres Manuel del Rio in 1801 (8) |
| HE | Element #23 symbol |
| ASTEROID | What type of rocky body was first discovered by astronomer Giuseppe Piazzi in 1801? (8) |
| ULTERIOR | North missing point of going to Rio in chaos with concealed motive (8) |
| OLYMPICS | Games held in Rio in 2016 |
| INTERIOR | Lay to rest dancing Rio in secret (8) |
| MACARENA | 1993 hit by Spanish pop duo Los del Rio that started an international dance craze (8) |
| REORIENT | Change direction again and enter Rio in a storm |
| DRAGRACE | Reality competition show won by Bianca Del Rio and Yvie Oddly, for short |
| VERACRUZ | Mexican state which contains the port city of Boca del Rio |
| THEWHITEHOUSE | Building designed by architect James Hoban in 1792 and first used in 1801 (3,5,5) |
| COPPERMILL | An industrial first in America, built by our puzzle hero in 1801 |
| ELGINMARBLES | Sculptures taken from the Parthenon by Thomas Bruce in 1801 (5,7) |
| COPENHAGEN | Scandinavian capital bombarded by British ships in 1801, during the Napoleonic Wars (10) |
| CLAUDIA | President-elect of Mexico, due to succeed Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador on 1 October 2024 (7,9) |
| SHEINBAUM | President-elect of Mexico, due to succeed Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador on 1 October 2024 (7,9) |
| RYANLOCHTE | American swimmer with 12 Olympic medals who was suspended by USA Swimming after falsely claiming to have been robbed at gunpoint after a night out in Rio in 2016 (4,6) |
| PRESIDENTE | Title for Mexico's Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador |
| LOPEZ | Andres Manuel ___ Obrador (Mexico's president) |
| PENA | Enrique ___ Nieto (predecessor of Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador) |
