| BELTWAY | Ring around Washington, |
| METRO | One way to get around Washington |
| DELAWARE | Leader touring around Washington State |
| REDCAPS | Around Washington, collects porters (7) |
| KNOWALL | Smart alec puts hill around Washington |
| SUBWAY | Pedestrian tunnel unusually busy around Washington (6) |
| SWAB | Cleaning-mop primarily serving businesses around Washington |
| NYU | Manhattan campus around Washington Sq. Park |
| IOWAN | Midwesterner one performing around Washington |
| NOWADAYS | No state of confusion voiced around Washington at present |
| BLOWAFUSE | Get angry pair of bloggers, helpful around Washington (4,1,4) |
| DEVASTATED | Knocked the stuffing out of old leader taking Bill around Washington, for one (10) |
| LEADTHEWAY | A clue for detective from those people around Washington guide (4,3,3) |
| CLEAREDTHEWAY | Removed obstacles to acquit writer and those people around Washington (7,3,3) |
| MADCAP | Hare-brained plan going around Washington aborted at the start (6) |
| HOTWATER | Trouble gets more intense around Washington state (3,5) |
| THEMILKYWAY | Article on exploit by two unknowns around Washington, where stars are located? (3,5,3) |
| REDCAP | Gather around Washington to find military policeman (6) |
| PAPERTHIN | Wafer-like French bread around WA city (5, 4) |
| THWACKED | Ketch damaged around WA island, ultimately is hit hard (8) |
