| COAHUILA | State of north-central Mexico on the border with Texas; capital, Saltillo (8) |
| CHIHUAHUA | State of north central Mexico bordered by Sonora, Sinaloa, Durango and Coahuila (9) |
| SHREVEPORT | City in Louisiana, on the Red River near the border with Texas (10) |
| TEPIC | State capital of Nayarit in west central Mexico, on the banks of the Mololoa River (5) |
| 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) |
| NASARAWA | State of north central Nigeria created in 1996; capital, Lafia (8) |
| CARLSBAD | A town in southeastern New Mexico on the Pecos River near the Mexican border. |
| MAUNAKEA | Dormant volcano of north central Hawaii island, the highest point in the state; Hawaiian, ' White Mountain' (5,3) |
| CARTHAGE | Ancient city state of North Africa with which Rome fought the three Punic Wars (264-241 BC, 218-201 BC and 149-146 BC) (8) |
| ETHIOPIA | State of north-east Africa, capital Addis Ababa (8) |
| SHARLEEN | _ Spiteri, lead vocalist with Texas (8) |
| VERACRUZ | City and state in east-central Mexico (8) |
| TLAXCALA | State in central Mexico |
| SINALOA | Coastal state of NW Mexico on the Gulf of California; capital, Culiacan (7) |
| OLDS | Princely state of north-central India, annexed by Britain in 1856 |
| OUDH | Princely state of north-central India, annexed by Britain in 1856 |
| POPOCATEPETL | Volcano on the border of the states of Mexico and Puebla, central Mexico. The name in the Nahuatl means "Smoking Mountain." (12) |
| WISCONSIN | State of north central US |
