| YORKTOWN | Site in Virginia, US where Cornwallis surrendered to Washington in 1781, ending the American War of |
| OCT | When Cornwallis surrendered to Washington: Abbr. |
| OSCAR | One went to Washington in 2002 |
| ELECT | Send to Washington, in a way |
| CORNWALLIS | Charles, one of the leading British generals in the American War of Independence (10) |
| SARATOGA | Site of 1777 battle in the American War of Independence (8) |
| IRELAND | In 1.4, Richard states he needs more land and money. "We will ourself in person to this war. We are enforced to farm our royal realm the revenue whereof shall furnish us." Where does he suggest they g |
| SHELBY | Isaac ?, officer in the American War of Independence; first and fifth Governor of Kentucky (6) |
| SCHUYLER | Philip -- (1733-1804), American general in the American War of Independence (8) |
| LAFAYETTE | Marquis de --, French soldier and statesman who fought for the colonists in the American War of Independence (2,7) |
| PAULREVERE | US patriot in the American War of Independence (4,6) |
| ANDRE | John ?, British Army officer hanged as a spy in 1780 during the American War of Independence (5) |
| HESSIAN | German mercenary soldier employed by the British during the American War Of Independence |
| CENTEROFGRAVITY | In America, where an attractive force may be said to act for the capital of Virginia? (6,2,7) |
| SOLHEIM | The Cup, the women's equiv- alent of the Ryder Cup, concludes today in Virginia, USA (7) |
| REDCOAT | British soldier in the American War of Independence (7) |
| TEA | Demonstrations against taxation on this beverage triggered the American War of Independence |
| OFFAME | Hollywood Walk - -; segment of a street in the US where celebrities are immortalised by star-shaped |
| URANUS | Half of us fled to the States, where it's heavenly (6) |
| MIDWEST | .... in the part of America where we'd got lost in a fog (7) |
