| POINTS | North, east, south and west |
| NESS | North-east, south and south again is current course (4) |
| ESCHEW | Avoid revolutionary in east, south and west |
| THESWAN | Stars in east, south and west in conjunction (3,4) |
| ERN | End for north, east, south or west |
| NDEBELE | Bantu language of some people in Zimbabwe and north-east South Africa (7) |
| KWAZULUNATAL | Province in north-east South Africa (7-5) |
| GUYANA | Densely-forested republic in North-East South America (6) |
| KRUGER | National Park in north-east South Africa (6) |
| TRANSVAAL | Former province of north-east South Africa (9) |
| ANGLES | They're right between north and east or south and west |
| NEWSSTAND | Provides updates, from North, South, and West (9) |
| SEAM | Clothes line in South and West coming North? (4) |
| ILLINOIS | A state in the Middle West of the USA, to the south and west of Lake Michigan |
| OKLAHOMA | State of the south central US separated from Texas to the south and west by the Red River (8) |
| TRIPURA | Small state of NE India bordered to the north, south and west by Bangladesh; capital, Agartala (7) |
| SANDWEDGE | Club for the south and west boundary (9) |
| SW | Midway between south and west |
| EESE | Safety first in ease, suggests east by east south east, initially |
| GEESE | Gatwick Express heads east-south-east and runs into flock (5) |
