| MINNEAPOLIS | Largest city in Minnesota, US, west of state capital Saint Paul (11) |
| CAPRI | Island west of state's capital |
| MINNESOTA | US state, capital Saint Paul |
| HIPFLASK | Container joint force west of state uncovered |
| NEBRASKA | State of the central US west of the Missouri River; capital, Lincoln (8) |
| BODEGAHEAD | Peninsula in Sonoma County, California, US, west of Santa Rosa (6,4) |
| DULUTH | The fourth largest city in Minnesota, birthplace of Bob Dylan |
| ITASCA | Lake ?, source in Minnesota, US, of the Mississippi River (6) |
| IMPROVIDENCE | With such lack of foresight, I'm in front of state capital |
| STPAUL | State capital of Minnesota, US (2,4) |
| METROPOLIS | Store wine in recession east of state capital |
| HENNA | "Die" they say in the heart of state capital (5) |
| LOIRE | Department of E central France in the Rhene-Alpes region; capital, Saint Etienne (5) |
| REUNION | Overseas region of France in the Indian Ocean; capital Saint-Denis (7) |
| MN | Its capital St Paul (abbr) (2) |
| SEATTLE | US west-coast city founded in 1851 by the Denny Party (7) |
| EXHAUSTION | Former hospital north of state capital tackling oxygen fatigue (10) |
| JUNEAU | Are you aware, say, of state capital? (6) |
| GRENADA | One of the Windward Islands, capital Saint George's (7) |
| ALCATRAZ | Island in San Francisco Bay, site of the oldest operating lighthouse on the US west coast (8) |
