| CAMPDAVID | The US president's retreat in the Appalachian Mountains, Maryland (4,5) |
| CAMP | And 5 The US president's retreat in the Appalachian Mountains, Maryland (4,5) |
| BLUERIDGE | Colourful crest in the Appalachian Mountains (4,5) |
| OLDEST | The trail is located in the Appalachian Mountains, which are among the ___ mountains on Earth and that consist of some of the most ancient crystalline rocks known (6) |
| POTOMAC | A river in the east central US, rising in the Appalachian Mountains of West Virginia (7) |
| CHEROKEE | Native American people, originally living in the Appalachian Mountains (8) |
| GAP | Cumberland ___ (narrow pass in the Appalachian Mountains) |
| WESTVIRGINIA | U.S. state in the Appalachian Mountains whose capital is Charleston (4,8) |
| CUMBERLANDGAP | Pass in the Appalachian Mountains, used by pioneers to reach Kentucky and Tennessee |
| FIRSTLADY | Title of the US president's wife (5,4) |
| FRASER | The ___ fir is a native conifer of the Appalachian Mountains (6) |
| FIR | Fraser ___ (tree of the Appalachian Mountains) |
| WVA | Harpers Ferry's locale in the Appalachian region: Abbr. |
| ANTRA | Hollow areas in the Appalachian Trail (5) |
| OVAL | Shape of the the US president's office in the White House |
| CHEQUERS | Major retreat in the past, for example in board game |
| NEWYORK | The first section of the Appalachian Trail was opened in October 1923 in the state of ___ (3,4) |
| SCENIC | The official name of the Appalachian Trail is the Appalachian National ___ Trail (6) |
| SKILODGE | Retreat in the mountains |
| WHITEHOUSE | Where the US presidents live with comedian, actor and angler Paul (10) |
