| RESTRICT | Limit referring to first pair of states - Rhode Island and Connecticut |
| SWAMPY | Politician's divided influence, referring to first answer? (6) |
| DAKOTAS | Pair of states named after an Indigenous people |
| NEWENGLAND | Region of the United States consisting of the states of Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, Massachusetts, Rhode Island and Connecticut |
| OCEAN | The ___ State (Rhode Island) |
| NEW | and 14dn, Region of the northeast United States including Rhode Island and Vermont |
| LONGISLANDSOUND | Body of water that separates the states of New York and Connecticut (4,6,5) |
| ENGLAND | see 12dn, Region of the northeast United States including Rhode Island and Vermont |
| OGRISH | Go back to Rhode Island and be hush hush about being monster-like (6) |
| TRISTATE | Of New York, New Jersey, and Connecticut |
| CACTUS | Growth in California and Connecticut states (6) |
| DETECT | Discover sources of this experiment in Delaware and Connecticut (6) |
| RHODEISLAND | Smallest state of the US, in the north-east between Massachusetts and Connecticut (5,6) |
| AMERICAN | Describing article that covers Maine, Rhode Island and California? (8) |
| AMERICANA | Literary collection about Maine, Rhode Island and California? |
| RIVAL | Competitor from Rhode Island and Virginia left (5) |
| IBERIA | I live on Rhode Island and a European peninsula |
| RIGA | Capital in Rhode Island and Georgia (4) |
| MEMORIAL | Maine, Missouri, Rhode Island and Alabama put together poignant ceremony (8) |
| WARRIOR | Fighter has struggle with Rhode Island and Oregon (7) |
