| SANFRANCISCO | Port city in California situated around the Golden Gate |
| SANDIEGO | Port city in California, on the Pacific Ocean, adjacent to the Mexico-us border (3,5) |
| SARAJEVO | Balkan capital situated around the Miljacka river (8) |
| FOG | Weather phenomenon seen around the Golden Gate |
| FOGGY | Like weather around the Golden Gate Bridge, often |
| CHALLENGER | - Deep; situated around 11km below sea level in the Mariana Trench, the deepest known point in Earth |
| LANDSEND | Situated around a mile from the rocky islets known as the Longships, the most westerly point of mainland England (5,3) |
| PITHEAD | The top of a mine shaft and the buildings situated around it (7) |
| LISLE | Yarn to be situated around borders of Salthill (5) |
| METROBILBAO | Rapid transport system situated around Spain's Ibaizabal river |
| TORQUAY | Situated around four miles from Paignton, a Devonshire seaside town where Fawlty Towers was set; birthplace of crime author Agatha Christie (7) |
| SAULITO | City on the north end of the Golden Gate Bridge |
| FRAN | San ___ (unpopular nickname for the city with the Golden Gate Bridge) |
| SETH | Indian author who wrote The Golden Gate, A Suitable Boy and the collection of fables in verse Beastly Tales (4) |
| CRISSY | ___ Field, former aerodrome in the Golden Gate National Recreation Area in San Francisco (6) |
| SANANSELMO | City north of the Golden Gate Bridge |
| MARIN | County on the end of the Golden Gate Bridge |
| SF | City with the Golden Gate Bridge; initials (2) |
| SAUSALITO | City north of the Golden Gate Bridge |
| REDLEAD | Original primer used to paint the Golden Gate Bridge |
