| SILICONVALLEY | Popular name for the Santa Clara area, southeast of San Francisco (7,6) |
| PALOALTO | City southeast of San Francisco that is the seat of Stanford University (4,4) |
| LAMANCHA | Spanish wineproducing area southeast of Madrid (2,6) |
| BARENTSSEA | Area SE of Svalbard |
| INDEPENDENCE | City in Missouri which was starting point for the Santa Fe, Oregon and California Trails (12) |
| MENLO | ___ Park, city SE of San Francisco |
| FRESNO | City 155 miles SE of San Francisco |
| NUNNERY | Religious home for women, such as the Convent of Santa Clara in the old town of Palma, Mallorca which was founded by the Franciscan order in 1256 (7) |
| BEEFEATERS | What is the popular name for the guardians of the Tower of London? (10) |
| LUBYANKA | Popular name for the headquarters of the Federal Security Service of the Russian Federation in Moscow |
| NINA | Familiar name of the caravel Santa Clara |
| EROS | What is the popular name for the figure that tops the memorial fountain to the Seventh Earl of Shaft |
| ANTARCTIC | Popular name for the far southern areas of the Indian, Pacific and Atlantic; the ... Ocean (9) |
| CLARET | ___ Jug, popular name for the trophy presented to the winner of The Open championship (6) |
| FLUSHINGMEADOWS | Popular name for the park including the venue of the US Open tennis championships |
| CHEGUEVARA | Victor at the Battle of Santa Clara |
| TWINCITIES | Popular name for the Minneapolis-Saint Paul metropolitan area in the US (4,6) |
| HERON | ___ Tower, popular name for the tallest building in the City of London financial district (5) |
| SORBONNE | The ___, popular name for the University of Paris (8) |
| STAR | Popular name for the Strategic Defense Initiative of the US (4,4) |
