| ORRIN | Hatch once in Washington |
| ABZUG | Bella once in Washington |
| SEN | Hatch (once) or Warren (now), e.g. |
| GEORGE | Echo encountered in ravine in Washington? |
| ONES | Common bills in Washington, never passed in Ottawa |
| BEFALL | In September in Washington it must ... happen (6) |
| DIGEST | Like time in Washington DC in summary (6) |
| WINDCHEATER | Warm clothing in Washington area in bad weather (11) |
| STATEDEPARTMENT | Leave in middle of declaration by big players in Washington (5,10) |
| WADE | Walk in water in Washington delta/estuary initially (4) |
| BOWANDSCRAPE | Cringe in Washington in connection with predicament (3,3,6) |
| ANYHOW | City house in Washington put up in slapdash way |
| TWINPEAKS | 1990s TV series about a murder in a town in Washington |
| SMITHSONIAN | Foundation for education and scientific research in Washington, DC, US, established in 1846 (11,11) |
| SEATTLE | Observe Labour PM dropping a couple of tabs in the city in Washington (7) |
| LIN | United States sculptor and architect whose public works include the memorial to veterans of the Vietnam War in Washington (born in 1959). |
| DUMBARTONOAKS | Historic estate in Washington, DC that was the scene of conferences in 1944 that led to the creation of the United Nations (9,4) |
| WILKESBOOTH | John - - - - - -, actor who assassinated President Abraham Lincoln in Washington in 1865 (6,5) |
| SMITHSONIANINSTITUTION | Foundation for education and scientific research in Washington, DC, US, established in 1846 |
| MOUNTSTHELENS | Volcano in Washington state which erupted in 1980 (5,2,6) |
