| ROANOKE | City in Virginia, US, housing the man-made Mill Mountain Star |
| THOUSANDOAKS | City in Greater Los Angeles, US, housing the California Lutheran University |
| MIDDLETOWN | City in Connecticut, US, housing the Wesleyan University (10) |
| SHENANDOAH | River formed in Virginia, US, that joins the Potomac at Harpers Ferry, West Virginia |
| COD | Cape ?, peninsula in Massachusetts, US, housing the resort of Provincetown (3) |
| RICHMOND | City in Virginia that became the Confederate capital in the American Civil War (8) |
| DANVILLE | City in Virginia that served as the final capital of the Confederacy in 1865 (8) |
| YORKTOWN | Site in Virginia, US where Cornwallis surrendered to Washington in 1781, ending the American War of |
| SOLHEIM | The Cup, the women's equiv- alent of the Ryder Cup, concludes today in Virginia, USA (7) |
| NEWPORTNEWS | A port in Virginia, USA, at the mouth of the James River (7,4) |
| PETERSBURG | City in Virginia on the Appomattox River that saw the final campaign of the American Civil War (10) |
| VANYA | Uncle making dramatic appearance in a US city in Virginia |
| LYNCH | Charles ?, 18th-century planter in Virginia, US, who headed an irregular court that punished British supporters during the American Revolution (5) |
| MARS | Food and consumer goods branding company based in Virginia, US (4) |
| VARIOUS | In Virginia, US, a little town that's different (7) |
| CANALS | Cancelled withdrawals by the three banks for the man-made flowers? (6) |
| RAYON | The oldest of the man-made fibres, derived from reconstituted cellulose threads (5) |
| ORCHID | The man-made Shenzhen Nongke one of the rarest and priciest types of this plant |
| CHICO | City in Butte County, California, US housing Bidwell Park (5) |
| NEWHAVEN | Industrial city in Connecticut, US, housing Yale University (3,5) |
