| Spanish-speaking nation | The Times Concise | 25 Oct 2025 | 
          
            | 1968 Olympics location, ... City |  |  | 
          
            | Which capital city was built on the ruins of Tenochtitlan? (6) |  |  | 
          
            | Country named least-costly for expats in the 2025 global survey. (6) |  |  | 
          
            | America's southern neighbor | Commuter | 06 Jun 2025 | 
          
            | 1970 Football World Cup finals host nation (6) |  |  | 
          
            | California neighbor | Newsday | 27 Mar 2025 | 
          
            | Acapulco is there |  |  | 
          
            | Gulf of ____, body of water linked to the Caribbean by the Yucatan Channel (6) |  |  | 
          
            | It's in the south of the continent |  |  | 
          
            | Where Guadalajar is |  |  | 
          
            | Country coupe from Maserati? (6) |  |  | 
          
            | *Poinsettia's motherland |  |  | 
          
            | Until 2017, which country was the unlikely home to the world's only Cornish pasty museum? (6) |  |  | 
          
            | Central American republic, bordering the USA (6) |  |  | 
          
            | 1968 Olympic host, City (6) |  |  | 
          
            | Acapulco's country (6) |  |  | 
          
            | Which country achieved independence from Spain in 1821? (6) |  |  | 
          
            | Country in which one can visit Chichen Itza | The Times Specialist Sunday | 18 Aug 2024 | 
          
            | Country bordering the USA (6) |  |  | 
          
            | Guadalajara's country (6) |  |  | 
          
            | Country bordering USA | Mirror Tea Time | 15 Jun 2024 | 
          
            | Tijuana's country (6) |  |  | 
          
            | Host country of the 1968 Olympics (6) |  |  | 
          
            | Country between USA and Guatemala (6) |  |  | 
          
            | About eleven come round in a state |  |  | 
          
            | 1970 and 1986 Football World Cup hosts (6) |  |  | 
          
            | Tequila country! |  |  | 
          
            | "South of the border down ... way; That's where I fell in love when stars above came out to play" |  |  | 
          
            | State of the U.S. whose capital is Santa Fe (6) |  |  | 
          
            | City with a population of nine million or so (6) |  |  | 
          
            | Country whose highest mountain is Pico de Orizaba (6) |  |  | 
          
            | Latin American country | The Times Concise | 30 Jan 2024 | 
          
            | Come cycling around side part of America (6) |  |  | 
          
            | Come cycling around side part of America | The Guardian Cryptic | 19 Jan 2024 | 
          
            | One of the "New" states |  |  | 
          
            | Country with the most UNESCO World Heritage Sites in the Americas |  |  | 
          
            | Cabo San Lucas setting | Wall Street Journal | 13 Dec 2023 | 
          
            | World's 10th most populous country, which became independent from Spain in 1810 (6) |  |  | 
          
            | Ten mice scurrying around old land of the Aztecs | The Guardian Quiptic | 26 Jun 2023 | 
          
            | Central American country | The Telegraph Quick | 10 Feb 2023 | 
          
            | New ___, Santa Fe's state that shares its borders with Utah, Colorado, and Arizona |  |  | 
          
            | Male former partner in charge of old country | The Times Cryptic | 21 Nov 2022 | 
          
            | Latin American country that ceased to be part of the Spanish Empire in 1821 | The Guardian Quick | 26 Jul 2022 | 
          
            | Toluca locale | Premier Sunday | 03 Jul 2022 | 
          
            | Country doctor covers for former partner in charge | Irish Times Crosaire | 01 Mar 2022 | 
          
            | North American republic | Irish Times Simplex | 10 Feb 2022 | 
          
            | "___ City Blues," 1959 poem by Jack Kerouac |  |  | 
          
            | North American country | The Guardian Quick | 29 Dec 2021 | 
          
            | Country doctor covers for former partner in charge | Irish Times Crosaire | 23 Jul 2021 | 
          
            | Country on US border | The Telegraph Quick | 22 Apr 2021 | 
          
            | Country doctor covers for former partner in charge | Irish Times Crosaire | 25 Jan 2021 | 
          
            | Yucatan setting | Eugene Sheffer | 04 Jan 2021 | 
          
            | North American republic | Irish Times Simplex | 03 Aug 2020 | 
          
            | Arizona neighbor | Newsday | 03 Jul 2019 | 
          
            | Male team in green representing this country? | The Telegraph Cryptic | 27 Jun 2019 | 
          
            | Baja California's land | USA Today | 27 Jan 2019 | 
          
            | Country bordering the US | The Times Concise | 15 Jan 2019 | 
          
            | Baja California's land |  |  | 
          
            | A friend from here might be helpful today |  |  | 
          
            | Where Guadalajara is | New York Times | 29 Oct 2018 | 
          
            | United States of America's neighbor to the south |  |  | 
          
            | 31-state nation | Newsday | 17 Feb 2018 | 
          
            | Its flag depicts an eagle atop a cactus | Wall Street Journal | 17 Feb 2018 | 
          
            | North American country | The Telegraph Quick | 16 Feb 2018 | 
          
            | Where Guadalajara is |  |  | 
          
            | New --, US state | The Telegraph Quick | 22 Jul 2017 | 
          
            | Come round about eleven in country |  |  | 
          
            | Country team that's taken care of, led by this person | The Telegraph Cryptic | 16 Dec 2016 | 
          
            | American neighbour to come out over football team | Irish Times Crosaire | 01 Apr 2016 | 
          
            | Country with 31 states | USA Today | 10 Jan 2016 | 
          
            | Country with 31 states |  |  | 
          
            | First Latin American Olympics host | Newsday | 06 Sep 2015 | 
          
            | Chihuahua's place | USA Today | 20 Aug 2015 | 
          
            | Two-time World Cup finals host | Newsday | 30 May 2015 | 
          
            | Neighbour of USA | The Telegraph Quick | 06 Mar 2015 | 
          
            | Spanish-speaking North American country | The Telegraph General Knowledge | 01 Mar 2015 | 
          
            | First Latin American Olympics host |  |  | 
          
            | Chihuahua's place |  |  | 
          
            | Two-time World Cup finals host |  |  | 
          
            | State in introduction to match: 'team wearing green' |  |  | 
          
            | Countryside interrupting outcome? |  |  | 
          
            | Country setter has 2 briefly after 11 |  |  | 
          
            | 1970 and 1986 World Cup host |  |  | 
          
            | Arizona neighbor |  |  | 
          
            | Country to which Leon Trotsky was exiled |  |  | 
          
            | First Latin American Olympics host |  |  | 
          
            | Arizona neighbor |  |  | 
          
            | Michener work |  |  | 
          
            | Country with 31 states |  |  | 
          
            | Michener work |  |  | 
          
            | Country involved in the Gadsden Purchase |  |  | 
          
            | Yucatan setting |  |  | 
          
            | 1970 and 1986 World Cup host |  |  | 
          
            | This puzzle's southern border? |  |  | 
          
            | Title land that "sounds so sweet with the sun sinking low," in a James Taylor song |  |  | 
          
            | Title land that "sounds so sweet with the sun sinking low," in a James Taylor song |  |  | 
          
            | Country with 31 states |  |  | 
          
            | It became independent in 1821 |  |  | 
          
            | Mariachi's home |  |  | 
          
            | Chihuahua's home |  |  | 
          
            | NAFTA nation |  |  | 
          
            | 1992 Michener book |  |  | 
          
            | Chihuahua's place |  |  | 
          
            | Gulf country |  |  | 
          
            | New ___, Land of Enchantment |  |  | 
          
            | Where Popocatéptl rises |  |  | 
          
            | Trotsky's refuge |  |  | 
          
            | Where Hidalgo is. |  |  | 
          
            | Caballero's land. |  |  | 
          
            | South of the border |  |  | 
          
            | A good neighbor. |  |  | 
          
            | N. A. vacationland. |  |  | 
          
            | Mateos' bailiwick. |  |  | 
          
            | Where Chapultepec is. |  |  | 
          
            | Zapata's country. |  |  | 
          
            | Host of 1968 Olympics. |  |  |