| REASON | New Orleans, not capital of Louisiana, mind (6) |
| ENROLS | Recruits from New Orleans not accepted (6) |
| AMMAN | Capital an imam converted ___ not capital of Iran or Iraq (5) |
| USABLE | Working American president touring capital of Louisiana |
| CREOLE | Variant of French spoken in New Orleans and other parts of Louisiana (6) |
| WALLER | See 24 Across State capital of Louisiana, US (5,5) |
| ISLAND | See 24 Across State capital of Louisiana, US (5,5) |
| ASTIME | See 24 Across State capital of Louisiana, US (5,5) |
| AGENCY | See 24 Across State capital of Louisiana, US (5,5) |
| MIRREN | See 24 Across State capital of Louisiana, US (5,5) |
| AFRICA | See 24 Across State capital of Louisiana, US (5,5) |
| FINGER | See 24 Across State capital of Louisiana, US (5,5) |
| DISNEY | See 24 Across State capital of Louisiana, US (5,5) |
| FOSTER | See 24 Across State capital of Louisiana, US (5,5) |
| SQUARE | See 24 Across State capital of Louisiana, US (5,5) |
| ARREST | See 24 Across State capital of Louisiana, US (5,5) |
| BATON | and 21 State capital of Louisiana, US (5,5) |
| BATONROUGE | State capital of Louisiana |
| NEWORLEANS | Capital of Louisiana in answer, one gathered? This isn't! (3,7) |
| ROUGE | Baton _, state capital of Louisiana (5) |
