| DEATHVALLEY | A dry, hot desert basin in East California and West Nevada (5,6) |
| TAHOE | A lake between East California and West Nevada, in the Sierra Nevada Mountains (5) |
| ESTATE | Land around a country house in east California, for example (6) |
| SIERRANEVADA | Mountain range in East California (6,6) |
| DEATH | Arid desert basin in California and Nevada that includes the lowest point below sea level in the Wes |
| VALLEY | Arid desert basin in California and Nevada that includes the lowest point below sea level in the Western Hemisphere (5,6) |
| RENO | A city in west Nevada, noted as a divorce, wedding and gambling centre (4) |
| PLAYA | Sounds like the sportsman was in the desert basin (5) |
| SCIROCCO | Dry hot dusty wind blowing from N Africa (8) |
| TAKLAMAKAN | Desert of Central Asia and one of the largest sandy deserts in the world, occupying the central part of the Tarim Basin in the Uyghur Autonomous Region of China. (5,5) |
| SINK | Basin in a kitchen or a scullery (4) |
| SALTPAN | Shallow basin in a desert region (4,3) |
| SAHARA | With parts inhabited by the Tuareg people, the largest hot desert in the world (6) |
| KILOMETRES | They can travel up to 160 ___ in the hot desert without water. |
| FOHN | Dry, hot wind (4) |
| EYRE | Often dry extensive basin in South Australia (4,4) |
| LAKE | Often dry extensive basin in South Australia (4,4) |
| PISCINA | One's in panic, breaking basin in church |
| LAVABO | Basin in toilet with a nasty smell (6) |
| BOWLINGALLEYS | Where to knock down pins and basin in kitchens (7,6) |
