| DEEPSOUTH | USA region including Georgia and Alabama (4,5) |
| CAUCASUS | Region including Georgia, Armenia, etc |
| COOSA | River in Georgia and Alabama |
| APPALACHIA | See a chap ail, pa, in USA region... (10) |
| CHICKASAW | A member of a Native American people who originally occupied lands in Mississippi and Alabama, and now live mainly in Oklahoma (9) |
| ESSENTIAL | Extremely important it comes back between German city and Alabama (9) |
| EASTCOAST | US region home to NYC and Philadelphia (4,5) |
| NORTHEAST | densely populated US region |
| EBENACEAE | Fruit and timber trees of tropical and warm regions including ebony and persimmon (9) |
| COTEDAZUR | Seaside region including St Tropez and Cannes (4,5) |
| MELANESIA | Region including Vanuatu, New Caledonia and Fiji |
| ANDALUSIA | Spanish region including the cities Seville and Granada |
| SWISSALPS | Region including the Matterhorn |
| MACEDONIA | A northern Mediterranean region including parts of six Balkan countries (9) |
| CATALONIA | Spanish region, including Barcelona (9) |
| AUSTRALIA | With 60 wine regions including Barossa Valley and Coonawarra, one of the countries forming Oceania (9) |
| LEE | County of Georgia, South Carolina, Mississippi, and Alabama |
| LYNYRDSKYNYRD | American band which responded to Neil Young's "Southern Man" and "Alabama" with their 1974 hit "Sweet Home Alabama": 2 wds. |
| SEC | Conf. with LSU and Alabama |
| SCANDAL | Malicious gossip in South Carolina and Alabama |
