| MOJAVE | Desert covering parts of south-eastern California and southern Nevada (6) |
| SHASTA | Native American people of northern California and southern Oregon (anagram of "a stash") (6) |
| DEATHVALLEY | A dry, hot desert basin in Eastern California and Western Nevada (5,6) |
| LASVEGAS | City of southern Nevada whose downtown area is known as Glitter Gulch (3,5) |
| THRACE | Historical area of Europe covering parts of Greece, Bulgaria and Turkey (6) |
| KALAHARI | Desert covering parts of Botswana, South Africa and Namibia (8) |
| GOBI | Meaning waterless place?, a desert covering parts of China and the country dubbed "Minegolia"; one of the most extreme environments on Earth (4) |
| SAHARA | Desert covering one quarter of Africa (6) |
| PUNISH | Fine, for example, having press against covering part of UK (6) |
| CITRUS | Such a fruit has an unusual crust covering part of it (6) |
| AWNING | Covering part of lawn in garden (6) |
| HEARER | The woman's covering part of body - what is that part? (6) |
| EYELID | Picked up this writer covering part of Observer? |
| POTENT | Powerful river covering part of camp |
| CONQUISTADOR | Spanish conqueror of Mexico and parts of South America in the 16th century (12) |
| KAROO | Name for the series of arid plateaux occurring in parts of South Africa (5) |
| GHAT | In many parts of South Asia, a series of steps leading down to a river |
| OBTURATOR | Either of two muscles covering part of the pelvis involved in movement of hips and thighs |
| CARAPACES | Thick protective shells covering part of the bodies of crabs, lobsters and tortoises (9) |
| EASTANGLIA | Rise of long-tail gnats aerially covering part of Britain (4,6) |
