| BEAVERSTATE | The --- ---, a nickname for the US area of Oregon (6,5) |
| TREASURESTATE | The --- ---, a nickname for the US state of Montana (8,5) |
| BRICKYARD | The .. ....... , a nickname for the Indianapolis Motor Speedway (9) |
| RUST | ___ Belt, US areas of industrial decline |
| NUTMEGSTATE | The - - - - - -, nickname for the US state of Connecticut (6,5) |
| OLDDOMINION | Nickname for the US state of Virginia (3,8) |
| DOUGHBOYS | Regional name for flour-based dumplings that bob or float atop soups or stews; or, a nickname for the US soldiers of the First World War (9) |
| HOOSIER | The --- State, a nickname for the US state of Indiana (7) |
| ERIOPHYLLUM | Genus of perennial plants from the daisy family, with the common name of Oregon sunshine (11) |
| THEBIGEASY | A nickname for the US city of New Orleans (3,3,4) |
| OLDGLORY | A nickname for the flag of the United States (3,5) |
| EASY | The Big ---, a nickname for the city of New Orleans (4) |
| DUBS | Gives a nickname to. or a nickname for the Warriors |
| BIGEASY | Nickname for the US city of New Orleans (3,4) |
| BUCKEYE | Nickname for the US state of Ohio (7) |
| OLDCONTEMPTIBLES | The ____, a nickname for the British Expeditionary Force, based on a description attributed to Kaiser Wilhelm II |
| AULDREEKIE | A nickname for the city of Edinburgh in Scotland (4,6) |
| FAB | The ___ Four a nickname for the Beatles |
| EXILES | The ____, a nickname for the rugby union team London Irish (6) |
| AULD | --- Reekie, a nickname for the city of Edinburgh (4) |
