| POTOMAC | Border river of Washington, D.C. |
| STYX | Border river of Hades |
| 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 |
| RESTON | Virginia suburb of Washington, D.C. |
| KSTREET | Part of Washington, D.C., known for lobbying firms |
| EMBASSY | ___ Row, part of Washington, D.C. |
| OTTAWA | Capital north 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.? |
| LENFANT | City planner of Washington, D.C. |
| HAFTS | Feuding business family of Washington, D.C. |
| NEW | ___ Columbia (proposed state name of Washington, D.C.) |
| VMI | ROTC school WSW of Washington, D.C. |
| BETHESDA | Suburb of Washington, D.C. |
| ATLAS | Where to find Washington state and Washington, D.C. |
| OVAL | Shape of a famous Washington, D.C. office |
| STREETS | Most of the alphabet, in Washington, D.C. |
| TWO | Start of every ZIP code in Washington, D.C. |
| LEGISLATIVE | One of the three "branches" in Washington, D.C. |
