| STAMFORD | City in Connecticut in which US politician Joe Lieberman was born (8) |
| CHENEY | Which US politician did Christian Bale play in the 2018 film Vice? (6) |
| NED | Connecticut politician Lamont who beat Joe Lieberman in the 2006 Senate |
| SUCCINCT | Such lack of hotels and clubs in Connecticut, in short (8) |
| NEWHAVEN | Industrial city in Connecticut, US that houses Yale University (3,5) |
| NEBRASKA | Lincoln and Omaha are cities in which US state? (8) |
| COCKSURE | Fashion course in which US fashion house is too confident? (8) |
| NOVEMBER | Month in which US presidential elections are held (8) |
| YOSEMITE | In which US national park is the El Capitan rock formation? (8) |
| MICHIGAN | In which US state is Detroit? (8) |
| ILLINOIS | In which US State is Chicago (8) |
| LASTNAME | Bush, Lieberman, or Mikulski |
| ARNOLD | Benedict, American officer born in Connecticut in 1741 who shifted allegiance to the British in the |
| YALE | Third- oldest university in the United States, founded as the Collegiate School in Connecticut in 1701 (4) |
| CLOCKS | Closing down in 2006, the Ansonia company had made millions of what since opening in Connecticut in 1851? (6) |
| TOLEDOBRISTOL | Ohio city named for sister city in Spain to British port with a sister city in Connecticut |
| SUBWAY | Fast-food company founded in Connecticut in 1965 by a 17-year-old college student and a nuclear physicist (6) |
| MIDDLETOWN | City in Connecticut, US, housing the Wesleyan University (10) |
| MIAMI | Actor Sidney Poitier was born in which US city? (5) |
| NEWORLEANS | Gospel singer Mahalia Jackson was born in which US city? (3,7) |
