| STYRIA | Second-largest state of Austria, in the SE on the border with Slovenia (6) |
| VIENNA | Capital city of Austria, in the northeast on the River Danube (6) |
| PORTMORESBY | Capital city of Papua New Guinea, in the SE on the Gulf of Papua ( 4,7) |
| BATONROUGE | State capital of Louisiana, in the SE on the Mississippi River (5,5) |
| TEXAS | The second-largest state of the US, on the Gulf of Mexico (5) |
| MADHYAPRADESH | Second-largest state of India by area, whose name means 'central province' (6,7) |
| LOWER | The second-largest state of Germany by land area, _ Saxony (5) |
| TOBAGO | Island in the SE Caribbean amalgamated with Trinidad in the late 19th century (6) |
| ALASKA | The largest state of the US, the capital of which is Juneau (6) |
| EASTER | Teresa is upset at an island in the SE Pacific (6) |
| RHODES | Greek island in the SE Aegean sea |
| TRIESTE | Capital of the autonomous region of Friuli-Venezia Giulia in NE Italy, near the border with Slovenia (7) |
| DYSART | Former town and royal burgh located on the SE coast of Fife between Kirkcaldy and West Wemyss |
| GORIZIA | City in north east Italy on the Isonzo River near the border with Slovenia (7) |
| SONORA | Mexico's second largest state |
| BRNO | Second-largest city of the Czech Republic, in the SE at the confluence of the Svitava and Svratka rivers (4) |
| ITSELF | The 'se' in 'per se' |
| TAIWAN | Island off the SE coast of China (6) |
| GROSSO | Mato ___: third-largest state of Brazil |
| PORTONOVO | Capital and second-largest city of Benin by population, in the SE near the border with Nigeria (5-4) |
