| THEBRONX | One of the five boroughs of New York City (3,5) |
| BROOKLYN | Most populous of the five boroughs of New York City, on the SW end of Long Island (8) |
| STATENISLAND | One of the five boroughs of New York City, located in the southwest of the city (6,6) |
| QUEENS | Largest of the five boroughs of New York City, lying at the western end of Long Island (6) |
| MANHATTAN | The oldest and the most densely populated of the five boroughs of New York City |
| STATEN | ___ Island: one of the five boroughs of New York City. (6) |
| BRONX | One of the five boroughs of New York (5) |
| OLDSARUM | One of the most notorious of Britain's 'rotten boroughs', ended by the Reform Act of 1832 (3,5) |
| THIRD | Manhattan's rank in population among the five boroughs |
| HAVERING | Borough's best man should (8) |
| SALTASH | One of the oldest boroughs of Cornwall, it is the location of Brunel's Royal Albert Bridge (7) |
| LONGISLAND | Area of New York that includes the boroughs of Brooklyn and Queens |
| AVENUEQ | Show set in an "outer-outer borough" of New York |
| NEATH | - Port Talbot; one of the county boroughs of Wales (5) |
| SUTTON | One of the southernmost boroughs of London (6) |
| BIGAPPLE | Piece of software among assorted bilge of New York City (3, 5) |
| LONG | --- Island, island in Southeast New York State, containing the boroughs of Brooklyn and Queens (4) |
| ABEBEAME | Former mayor of New York City |
| GIULIANI | Rudolph ___, mayor of New York City from 1994-2001 (8) |
| ONLOOKER | Person watching card-game in centre of New York city |
