| RUSHMORE | Mount ---, a mountain in South Dakota and a US national memorial (8) |
| BADLANDS | Eroded, barren area in South Dakota and NW Nebraska which has become a generic term often used in Westerns (8) |
| PARNASSUS | Mount ---, a mountain in Central Greece, in ancient times sacred to Dionysus, Apollo and the Muses (9) |
| FARGO | City in North Dakota - and a film by the Coen brothers (5) |
| ESCAPED | Fugitive at last got cover in South Dakota and got away (7) |
| CARMEL | Mount ---, a mountain range in North Israel (6) |
| MOUNT | And 7 down Merton's humour upset US National Memorial (5,8) |
| CORVETTE | Small warship a and a US sports car (8) |
| NEZPERCE | A US National Historical Park comprising 38 sites located in the states of Idaho, Montana, Oregon and Washington (3,5) |
| CENOTAPH | Name a national memorial to those killed in war (8) |
| AUSTRIAN | European and a US train to be scrapped (8) |
| CEVENNES | Range of mountains in south-central France (8) |
| LBJRANCH | Presidential retreat now part of a US National Historical Park |
| CADDO | A group of Plains Indians formerly living in what is now North and South Dakota and Nebraska and Kansas and Arkansas and Louisiana and Oklahoma and Texas. |
| YOSEMITE | A US National Park |
| ABERDEEN | Deer frolic in a mountain in 15 (8) |
| PENNINES | Mickle Fell is a mountain in this range (8) |
| RAPPELED | Descended a mountain, in a way |
| OILBASIN | Notable feature of North Dakota and Texas |
| MOUNTRUSHMORE | A national memorial in South Dakota, depicting four US presidents (5,8) |
