| APPALACHIA | Shock a mate unnamed in US region |
| APPAL | Shock a mate touring Portugal (5) |
| IDAHO | I had a little house in US region (5) |
| OREGON | Mineral source almost exhausted in US region |
| MARYLAND | Woman given acreage in US region |
| CAPECOD | Caught parrot fish in US region |
| OHIO | Greeting between ducks in US region (4) |
| SCORPIO | Venomous creature unnamed in sign? |
| SHEBA | Queen from here, unnamed in the Bible (5) |
| THEM | Others unnamed in Goethe maybe |
| HORROR | From "shudder", a word for intense fear/shock; a film arousing said fright; or, informally, a terror of a child (6) |
| RUSTBELT | US region that once had a large manufacturing industry but is now in decline (4,4) |
| WILDWEST | Lawless US region revealed in stew? (4,4) |
| ARIZONA | Part of US region detailed in song (7) |
| PERSONANONGRATA | Deserter, first following through (unnamed) in vocal work, is unacceptable (7,3,5) |
| THERMAL | ____ shock, a stress occurring when a body is subjected to sudden changes in temperature (7) |
| MAHARAJA | A shock - a radio operator raised prince |
| KABUL | In shock - a Bulgarian capital (5) |
| DUSTBOWL | Drought-stricken US region from Texas to Nebraska in the 1930s (4,4) |
| NORTHEAST | densely populated US region |
