| HAITIAN | Poorest person in the western hemisphere, on average |
| NORTHAMERICA | Third largest of the world's continents in the present day, lying for the most part between the Arctic Circle and the Tropic of Cancer in the Western Hemisphere. (5,7) |
| GREATSALT | Largest saltwater lake in the Western Hemisphere, it lies in the northern part of the U.S. state of Utah (5,4) |
| ACONCAGUA | Mountain in the Andes, highest peak in the western hemisphere (9) |
| PERU | Home of the oldest university in the Western Hemisphere (founded in 1551) |
| DEATH | Arid desert basin in California and Nevada that includes the lowest point below sea level in the Western Hemisphere (5,6) |
| VALLEY | Arid desert basin in California and Nevada that includes the lowest point below sea level in the Western Hemisphere (5,6) |
| UTAH | Home of the largest saltwater lake in the Western Hemisphere |
| OAS | An association including most countries in the western hemisphere; created in 1948 (3) |
| CNTOWER | Toronto landmark that's the tallest free-standing structure in the Western Hemisphere |
| FIDELCASTRO | Who turned his country into the first communist state in the Western Hemisphere? (5,6) |
| AMERICAS | Land in the western hemisphere |
| HAITI | First independent black nation in the Western Hemisphere, 1804 |
| CONDOR | Largest flying land bird in the Western Hemisphere |
| CONDORS | Largest flying land birds in the Western Hemisphere (7) |
| MAYAN | Like some ruins in the Western Hemisphere |
| USA | Most populous nation in the Western Hemisphere (abbr.) |
| MAYA | Pyramid builder in the Western Hemisphere |
| OCCIDENT | The Western Hemisphere is known as the what (8) |
| NEWWORLD | The Americas; the Western hemisphere (3,5) |
