| RICHARDNIXON | The 37th President of the United States; the only American president to resign the office (7,5) |
| ABDICATE | Resign the throne |
| HELLOGOODBYE | November 1967 Beatles single that topped the charts in the United States, the UK, France and Norway |
| NIXON | Surname of the 37th president of the United States (5) |
| NEWHAMPSHIRE | State of North East USA, the capital of which is Concord (3,9) |
| SHORTTON | Unit of weight in the avoirdupois system equal to 2,000 pounds (907.18 kg) in the United States. The long ton in Britain, to which this unit is often compared, is equivalent to 2,240 pounds (1,016.05 |
| BAJACALIFORNIA | Spanish name for Lower California, the peninsula of northwestern Mexico, bounded by the United States, the Gulf of California, and the Pacific Ocean. (4,10) |
| RUSTBELT | Term for the region straddling the upper NE United States, the Great Lakes and the Midwest States |
| OFLIBERTY | French gift to the United States, the Statue ... (2,7) |
| NEWMEXICO | A state of the South Western United States, the capital of which is Santa Fe (3,6) |
| TENNESSEE | State of the East Central United States, the capital of which is Nashville (9) |
| DAKOTA | South _, state of the Midwestern United States, the capital of which is Pierre (6) |
| IDAHO | State of the Northwest United States, the capital of which is Boise (5) |
| RICHARD | 37th president of the US (7,5) |
| PHIL | The only American-born driver to win the Formula One World Drivers' Championship |
| HILL | The only American-born driver to win the Formula One World Drivers' Championship |
| PREMATUREBABY | Baby born before the start of the 37th week of pregnancy (9,4) |
| UNION | Established in 1862 and now the largest train transport company in the USA, the ... Pacific Railroad |
| SPIRO | First name of the second vice president to resign from office |
| WASHINGTON | In 1889, he became the sole American president to have a state named after him -- nearly 100 years after the Nation's Capital was given his name |
