| EMBASSY | ___ Row, part of Washington, D.C. |
| KSTREET | Part of Washington, D.C., known for lobbying firms |
| MURIELBOWSER | This current mayor of Washington, D.C., has been an advocate of its statehood since taking office in 2015; in 2022, she even had 51-star U.S. flags raised along Pennsylvania Avenue |
| LENFANT | City planner of Washington, D.C. |
| HAFTS | Feuding business family of Washington, D.C. |
| NEW | ___ Columbia (proposed state name of Washington, D.C.) |
| RESTON | Virginia suburb of Washington, D.C. |
| OTTAWA | Capital north of Washington, D.C. |
| POTOMAC | Border river of Washington, D.C. |
| VMI | ROTC school WSW of Washington, D.C. |
| BETHESDA | Suburb of Washington, D.C. |
| ADRIAN | ___ Fenty, former mayor of Washington, D.C. |
| TYSONS | ___ Corner, suburb of Washington, D.C. |
| PRESIDENT | Quiet inhabitant - of Washington D.C.? |
| CAPITOLHILL | Senator's first to abandon a gun in cool part of Washington (7,4) |
| SETTLE | Obama's conclusion's out, part of Washington to be put in order |
| HARO | ___ Strait (Shipping channel between Vancouver Island and San Juan Island ...San Juan Island is part of Washington state) |
| SLEEPYHOLLOW | About to get off, having experienced vacation in quiet part of Washington (6,6) |
| NEEDLES | The ____ , row of three stacks of chalk off the western end of the Isle of Wight (7) |
| SKID | ___ row (shabby, dilapidated part of town) |
