| FRIJOL | Generic term for bean, especially in Mexico and the south-western USA (6) |
| NAVAJO | Indigenous people of the south-western USA (6) |
| KIDNEY | Type of bean, especially the red variety of runner bean (6) |
| GILAMONSTER | Venomous beaded lizard of Mexico and the south-western USA (4,7) |
| ROADRUNNERS | Fast-moving ground cuckoos of Mexico and south-western USA (11) |
| CHOLLA | Spiny cactus of the genus Opuntia found in Mexico and the south-western US; from Spanish, 'head' or skull' (6) |
| PUEBLO | Native American village in the south-western United States (6) |
| JOSHUA | ___ tree, Yucca plant of Mexico and the south-west USA (6) |
| APACHE | Native American peoples of the south-western US (6) |
| ECZEMA | Generic term for inflammatory conditions of the skin (6) |
| SIERRA | Rugged mountain range in the western USA (6) |
| BRONCO | Wild or half-tamed horse of the western USA (6) |
| TRADER | Generic term for a person who buys/ sells stocks, shares, currency, bonds; or, another word for a merchant ship (6) |
| NEVADA | State in western USA, capital Carson City (6) |
| OCOTILLO | Flowering spiny shrub of Mexico and the south-western US (Fouquieria splendens) known by names including coachwhip, Jacob's staff and vine cactus (8) |
| PUEBLOS | Towns or villages in Latin America and the south-western US, especially native American settlements (7) |
| COFFEE | Type of table for beans (6) |
| KUNGFU | Generic term for a martial art (4,2) |
| NEWMEXICO | A state of the south-western US, crossed by the Rio Grande and the Pecos River (3,6) |
| MESA | Isolated flat-topped hill with steep sides, especially in the south-western US; Spanish, 'table' (4) |
