| RHODE | Part of the name of the smallest U.S. state |
| IOTA | The name of the smallest Greek letter, from which "jot", as a word for a small amount, derives (4) |
| URI | School in the smallest U.S. state |
| RI | The smallest U.S. state; abbr. (2) |
| RHODY | "Little ___" (nickname for the smallest U.S. state) |
| DOVERDELAWARE | *Capital of the second-smallest U.S. state (2 wds.) |
| SAN | Part of the name of four of the twenty most populous U.S. cities |
| SAO | Part of the name of a Brazilian city that was founded 222 years before the U.S. colonies declared their independence but otherwise has nothing whatsoever to do with the American Revolution |
| RHODEISLAND | Smallest U.S. state, in area |
| PIERRE | Second-smallest U.S. state capital by population, after Montpelier |
| DEL | Second-smallest U.S. state |
| VIOLET | Shade of a colour associated with royalty; or, the first part of the name of Mr and Mrs Bott's daughter in Just William (6) |
| MATE | Friend, as in the centre of the first part of the name of this magazine! (4) |
| ATE | Eaten, as in the middle of the first part of the name of this magazine! (3) |
| REY | Part of the name of the singer of "Summertime Sadness" |
| THALAIVAS | The second part of the name of the PKL team led by Ajay Thakur (9) |
| DES | Part of the name of Iowa's capital |
| URSA | Latin word forming part of the names of either of the two Bear constellations (4) |
| III | Part of the name of one nicknamed "Trey," perhaps |
| HOTSPUR | Part of the name of a London football team (7) |
