| MINNESOTA | US 'North Star State' (9) |
| POLARSTAR | North Star |
| URSAMINOR | Constellation that contains the north star |
| MEATBALLS | 1979 comedy set at Camp North Star |
| MACKENZIE | Alexander _, Scottish explorer; the first European to achieve an east-to-west crossing of America north of Mexico (1793) |
| OREGON | US north-western coastal state |
| ONEIDA | ___ Lake, large body of water in New York state, US north-east of Syracuse (6) |
| AUSTRIAN | Glass-roofed buildings accommodating us north of Vienna? |
| AMERICA | Canada and the US, North... |
| AMERICAN | From Canada or the US, North ... |
| SANDIEGO | Port in southern California, US, north of Tijuana |
| ABERT | Lake ___, a large, shallow alkali stretch of water in the US north-west (5) |
| EVANSTON | City in Illinois, US, north of Chicago on Lake Michigan (8) |
| ACADIAN | One tin having small diameter for person from US north-east or Canadian south-east (7) |
| SAUNA | A US/North America version of the steam bath (5) |
| DIEGO | see 12dn, Port in southern California, US, north of Tijuana |
| SAN | and 18dn, Port in southern California, US, north of Tijuana |
| NEARCTIC | Zoogeographical region consisting of Greenland and North America north of the Tropic of Cancer (8) |
| TRUANT | Skipping school, tour USA (North-West's borders) (6) |
| PERU | A country in South America north of Chile (4) |