| BEACHFRONT | Area of a US coastal town (10) |
| EASTMISSOURI | Geographical area of a US state bordering on Illinois and including the city of St Louis (4,8) |
| DOWNTOWN | Business and commercial area of a US city (8) |
| TUSCALOOSA | Nothing stops rioting in US coastal city (10) |
| GETTYSBURG | Pennsylvania town and site of a US Civil War battle (10) |
| GUANTANAMO | ___ Bay, body of water in SE Cuba; site of a US naval base (10) |
| COWCATCHER | Part of a US locomotive that's for rolling stock? (10) |
| MAINSTREET | Principal road of a US town (4,6) |
| PROVIDENCE | The editor returned in the region of a US capital city (10) |
| APOCALYPSE | Revelation of a US author about brief topical song |
| SEATROUT | Fish of the genus Cynoscion found in US coastal waters (3,5) |
| NYALA | Southern African American stuck between US coastal cities (5) |
| SANDIEGO | Son and I twice spotted in US coastal location (3,5) |
| TAMPA | US coastal city (5) |
| ISLEROYALE | Island in NW Lake Superior, Michigan, forming part of a US National Park (4,6) |
| FEWGOOD | Alan Sorkin's Broadway drama of a US court martial, later adapted into a screenplay, A ... Men (3,4) |
| THEINCREDIBLE | Words that when followed by Hulk gives the title of a US series based on a Marvel Comics character (3,10) |
| OSMOND | Surname of Jimmy, former member of a US band of singing brothers who reached the Celebrity MasterChef final in 2016 (6) |
| CUBICINCH | The equivalent of 0.01639 of a US liter (5,4) |
| GUATEMALA | State of a US city police force a month back |
