| DENZEL | ___ Washington, US actor (6) |
| DINAH | ___ Washington, US jazz singer (5) |
| IRVING | Washington, US author who created Rip Van Winkle (6) |
| TACOMA | City and seaport in Washington, US; the seat of the University of Puget Sound (6) |
| GEORGE | ___ Washington, first US president (6) |
| ISAIAH | The 100's Thelonious Jaha, ___ Washington (6) |
| DENZIL | The Magnificent Seven and Fences actor, ___ Washington |
| HELENS | Mount St. ___ (Washington volcano that erupted in 1980) (6) |
| MARTHA | ____ Washington, the First Lady of the first U.S. president born in 1731 (6) |
| GOESTO | "Mr. Smith ___ ___ Washington"; James Stewart film |
| SENTTO | "Bad politicians are __ Washington by good people who don't vote": William E. Simon |
| SPOKANE | City in Washington, US, that hosted Expo '74 (7) |
| OLYMPIA | State capital of Washington, US (7) |
| SEATTLE | City in Washington, US that hosted the 1962 World's Fair (7) |
| RAINIER | Mount ___, volcano and highest mountain in the state of Washington, US (7) |
| PUGET | Deep inlet of the Pacific Ocean in north-west Washington, US (5,5) (see 12D) |
| SOUND | Deep inlet of the Pacific Ocean in north-west Washington, US (5,5) (see 9A) |
| PUGETSOUND | Deep inlet of the Pacific Ocean in northwest Washington, US |
| ALLSTON | Washington -, US painter whose works include 1818's Elijah in the Desert |
| NEAL | "Hill Street Blues" character ___ Washington |