| RIODEJANEIRO | Port in South East Brazil, the country's capital from 1763 to 1960 (3,2,7) |
| SALVADOR | A port in East Brazil, the capital of Bahia state (8) |
| SAOPAULO | Large state capital in south-east Brazil (pop above 212 million), founded in 1554 (3,5) |
| LAOS | The Mekong river separates this country's capital from Thailand |
| RIO | _ de Janeiro, capital of Brazil from 1763 to 1960 (3) |
| PHILADELPHIA | A city and port in South East Pennsylvania, founded by William Penn (12) |
| ELVISPRESLEY | Blue Suede Shoes singer who served in the US Army from 1958 to 1960: 2 wds. |
| COLONIAL | Descriptor for the era from 1763 to 1867 |
| NEWPORT | City and port in South East Wales, on the River Usk (7) |
| ALICANTE | City and port in South East Spain, on the Costa Blanca (8) |
| HOUSTON | Inland port in South East Texas, site of the Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center (7) |
| BASRA | A port in South East Iraq, on the Shatt-al-Arab river (5) |
| PONTIAC | Native American chief of the Ottawa tribe who led a rebellion against the British from 1763-66 |
| TUNISIA | According to Greek legend, Dido founded the city of Carthage in this country in the 9th century BCE. That city is now a suburb of the country's capital. |
| SHANTOU | Port in south-east China near mouth of Han River (7) |
| LOOE | Small coastal town and fishing port in south-east Cornwall (4) |
| NATAL | A seaport and state capital in north-east Brazil (pop about 900,000), founded in 1599 (5) |
| RAWALPINDI | City in the Punjab province of Pakistan, adjacent to the country's capital Islamabad (10) |
| ONTARIO | Province in east-central Canada, home to the country's capital Ottawa (7) |
| SERIOUS | Major port in south-east America (7) |
