| SAVANNA | Plain in South Africa and Virginia, northern North America (7) |
| SHEBEEN | An unlicensed drinking place in South Africa and Ireland (7) |
| LIMPOPO | River rising in South Africa, and flowing 1,090 miles into the Indian Ocean (7) |
| SPOTTED | The ___ eagle owl is the most widely distributed owl in South Africa and can thrive in most habitats |
| LLANERO | Inhabitant of vast plains in South America (7) |
| MANDELA | He helped end apartheid in South Africa and served as the country's first Black president |
| ALASKAN | Northern North American (7) |
| NANNA | Nurse from North America, northern North America (5) |
| POTOMAC | River that forms part of the borders between Washington, DC and Virginia and between Maryland and Virginia |
| PAVLOVA | Much affection in Pennsylvania and Virginia for sweet dessert (7) |
| CANADA | A nation in northern North America. |
| ESTATES | Properties in Maryland and Virginia, for example |
| AVARICE | Erica and Virginia see it's greed (7) |
| HOGARTH | ___ Press, publishing house founded by Leonard and Virginia Woolf (7) |
| AMERICA | Before noon, Heather, Charlotte and Virginia are here (7) |
| OVATION | Oscar and Virginia broke into sustained applause (7) |
| PINE | *Slender tree of northern North America |
| HOTSPOT | The _, 1990 crime film starring Don Johnson and Virginia Madsen |
| SANK | Went under in South Africa, and North Korea, initially (4) |
| DOGWOOD | State tree of Mo. and Va. |
