| DISTRICTOFCOLUMBIA | Part of US which briefly employs leaders in Denver, Colorado |
| ABACUSES | After revolution, faction briefly employs calculators (8) |
| DYNASTY | Rebooted US soap opera set in Denver, Colorado (7) |
| BRONCOS | American football team based in Denver, Colorado (7) |
| STATENAME | Denver/Colorado |
| NUTSHELL | Part of Brazil in which, briefly, you have it? |
| DEMOCRAT | In the US, which politician is an adversary of a Republican? (8) |
| ROYALMAIL | Company which briefly changed its name to Consignia in 2001 |
| ORINOCO | Major river in South America which is home to the giant anaconda, river dolphins and an endangered species of crocodile; the name of one of the Wombles; or, linked with "Flowa", a song by Enya (7) |
| DENALI | Mountain in North America which is one of the Seven Summits and which was first climbed in 1913 |
| OSAGE | ___ River, tributary of the Missouri River, US, which flows into the Lake of the Ozarks reservoir (5 |
| BTW | "Speaking of which," briefly |
| GUAM | Pacific island territory of the US which was occupied by the Japanese during WWII |
| SPOKANE | City in Washington, US, which hosted the Expo "74 world's fair (7) |
| UTEP | Second largest university in the US which overlooks the Rio Grande river: Abbr. |
| PECAN | Hickory tree of the southern US which bears a smooth oval nut (5) |
| MANHATTAN | In the US, which island lies between the Hudson, East and Harlem rivers? (9) |
| UNCLESAM | Personification of the US which appeared on World War I recruiting posters (5,3) |
| ALTROCK | With which, briefly, old track is replaced? |
| FUCHSIA | Flower, originally from South America, which grows prolifically in the hedgerows of the West Cork region of Ireland |
