| WELLSFARGO | Pioneer mail courier and banking service that operated in the western US from the mid-19th century |
| FARGO | Pioneer mail courier and banking service that operated in the western US from the mid-19th century (5,5) |
| WELLS | Pioneer mail courier and banking service that operated in the western US from the mid-19th century (5,5) |
| CHOLLA | Spiny cactus of the genus Opuntia found in Mexico and the south-western US; from Spanish, 'head' or skull' (6) |
| LAFITTE | Jean, pirate who operated in the Gulf of Mexico in the 19th century (7) |
| HOOVERDAM | A barrier across the Colorado River in the western US, on the border between Nevada and Arizona (6,3) |
| CALICOJACK | English pirate who operated in the Caribbean in the early 18th century (6,4) |
| TEAGOWN | Loose, long decorative dress worn for informal entertaining at home from the mid-19th Century (3,4) |
| SUNCORP | Australian finance, insurance and banking corporation that holds the naming rights of Lang Park, home of the Brisbane Broncos and Queensland Reds |
| PONYEXPRESS | A mail delivery system on horseback that once operated in the U.S. (4,7) |
| YELLOWSTONE | Chicken satay and tikka starters at lunchtime, current in the western US (11) |
| GREENPEACE | The group that operated the Rainbow Warrior, sunk by French secret agents in Auckland harbour |
| NORTHERNER | Overnight passenger train between Wellington and Auckland in New Zealand that operated from 1975 to 2004 |
| DIXIE | Informal name for the Southern states of the US, from the title of a song written by Daniel Decatur Emmett in 1859 (5) |
| RAGTIME | Style of syncopated piano music popular in the US from the 1890s to 1910s (7) |
| UTAH | A state in the western US settled in 1847 by Mormons (4) |
| PRINCESS | Class 47 that operated 'Staycation Express' trains in the summer of 2020 (8, 8) |
| GALLOWAY | Class 47 that operated 'Staycation Express' trains in the summer of 2020 (8, 8) |
| SEAFRANCE | Ferry company owned by SNCF that operated ferry services between Calais and Dover until liquidated in 2012 |
| PURCHASE | Louisiana _, the 1803 acquisition of Louisiana by the United States from the French First Republic (8) |
