| OC | Plenty of teen angst in Orange County in this (The --) |
| ANAHEIM | City in Orange County in California, with a Disneyland Park (7) |
| CREEK | Plenty of teen angst in this (Dawson's -----) |
| RYE | Salinger's story of teen angst: "Catcher in the ___" |
| BRACES | Sources of teen angst, dentally |
| ZIT | Tiny source of teen angst |
| YORBALINDA | City in Orange County, California, famous as the birthplace of Richard Nixon |
| YANGTZE | River variables bringing angst in less small way (7) |
| EXAM | Source of some teen angst |
| ACNE | Cause of some teen angst |
| PHIL | Collins whose "In the Air Tonight" went viral on YouTube earlier this month thanks to a pair of teen bloggers |
| EMO | Music genre with much teen angst |
| ELGORT | Star of teen drama The Fault in Our Stars, Ansel - (6) |
| SANTA | and 12ac, City in Orange County, California, housing the Bowers Museum (5,3) |
| WAYNE | The airport in Orange County, California, is named after which film actor? (4,5) |
| JOHN | The airport in Orange County, California, is named after which film actor? (4,5) |
| SANTAANA | City in Orange County, or the often congested freeway that runs through it |
| NARCO | Drug smuggler in Orange County fled to the west (5) |
| ANA | City in Orange County, California, housing the Bowers Museum - W 5DN (5,3) |
| THEOC | Teen drama set in Orange County |
