| MEXACALI | City of NW Mexico across the border from, and named in complement to, the Californian city of Calexico (8) |
| MEXICO | To which country did the Californian city of Santa Anna once belong (6) |
| PERSONNEL | Lepers non-playing in complement? (9) |
| STOCKTON | Farm animals not returning to the Californian city (8) |
| PLUTO | Celestial body in the Kuiper Belt, discovered and named in 1930 (5) |
| PEACHMELBA | Dessert invented by Savoy chef Auguste Escoffier and named in honour of a famous Australian soprano |
| NOGALES | Arizona city across the border from a city of Sonora with the same name |
| GARWAY | Two of my friends are hoping to get away at the end of spring, and arrange a visit to my village just over the border from Grosmont in Wales (6) |
| ELPASO | Texan city on the Rio Grande across the border from Chihuahua, Mexico (2,4) |
| NUEVO | And 13 City in NE Mexico across the Rio Grande from Laredo, Texas (5,6) |
| BROWNSVILLE | Port on the Rio Grande, Texas, US, across the border from Matamoros, Mexico (11) |
| STRABANE | Town in County Tyrone, Northern Ireland across the border from Lifford, Republic of Ireland (8) |
| BLACKLION | Which county Cavan village, directly across the border from Belcoo, is Neven Maguire from? (9) |
| LAREDO | City in NE Mexico across the Rio Grande from Laredo, Texas (5,6) |
| NUEVOLAREDO | City in NE Mexico across the Rio Grande from Texas (5,6) |
| AQABA | City across the border from Eilat |
| TIJUANA | Mexican city across the border from San Diego |
| JUAREZ | Mexico's Ciudad ___ lies directly across the border from El Paso, Texas. (6) |
| ALTO | What completes the name of the Californian city, Palo ___? (4) |
| SINALOA | Coastal state of NW Mexico on the Gulf of California; capital, Culiacan (7) |
