| NUEVA | State of NE Mexico on the border with the US; capital, Monterrey ( 5,4) |
| LEON | State of NE Mexico on the border with the US; capital, Monterrey ( 5,4) |
| NUEVOLEON | State of NE Mexico on the border with the US; capital, Monterrey (5,4) |
| COAHUILA | State of north-central Mexico on the border with Texas; capital, Saltillo (8) |
| MICHOACAN | A state of Mexico on the Pacific coast (9) |
| RIOBRAVO | Name in Mexico for the river that forms part of the border with the USA |
| MONTERREY | Capital of Nuevo Leon state, northeast Mexico |
| AMERICANA | Stuff associated with the US (9) |
| SINALOA | Coastal state of NW Mexico on the Gulf of California; capital, Culiacan (7) |
| ONT | It shares a 1,650+ mile border with the US; Abbr. |
| MEXICO | Country which shares a border with the US (6) |
| TIJUANA | City in Mexico on the US border south of San Diego (7) |
| STRABANE | Small town in Northern Ireland (pop 13,000), on the border with the Irish Republic (8) |
| OAXACA | State of SW Mexico on the Pacific Ocean between Guerrero and Chiapas (6) |
| CARLSBAD | A town in southeastern New Mexico on the Pecos River near the Mexican border. |
| FLIPSIDE | A turn over the border with the other half (4,4) |
| PRIMROSE | Sit for a painter taking in the border with the ultimate sunflower - a typically yellow flower (8) |
| NUEVOLAREDO | City and port of entry in NE Mexico, in Tamaulipas state on the Rio Grande |
| ALA | State that has a small border with the Gulf of Mexico: Abbr. |
| MADISON | 4th president of the US - capital of Wisconsin (7) |
