| AUEL | "The Plains of Passage" author Jean |
| JEANAUEL | "The Plains of Passage" author |
| GAIL | "The Silent Passage" author Sheehy |
| AFGHANISTAN | Kipling warned the young British soldier of the consequences of being wounded and left on the plains of this central Asian nation |
| ARAPAHO | Native American people of the plains of Wyoming and Colorado, allies of the Cheyenne (7) |
| COROT | Son of a textile merchant and a milliner who painted the landscapes A Wagon in the Plains of Artois, Evening on the Lake and Summer Morning (5) |
| SAIGA | Type of antelope of the plains of central Asia (5) |
| FIGHTFORENGLAND | Be on General Wolfe's side of the battlefield at the Plains of Abraham as a 1759 soldier: 3 wds. |
| GEMSBOK | Largest of me three species of oryx, or straight-horned antelope, found on the plains of Africa; Oryx gazella (7) |
| NUMBERS | Book of the Old Testament that relates Israel's journey from Mount Sinai to the plains of Moab (7) |
| LLANERO | Inhabitant of the plains of South America (7) |
| AARDWOLF | The nocturnal mammal Proteles cristatus, that inhabits the plains of southern Africa and feeds on termites and insect larvae |
| ASPHODEL | Flower said to cover the plains of Hades |
| GRAPESHOT | Ammo used on the Plains of Abraham |
| BATAILLE | 'Battle' on the Plains of Abraham, in Quebec City |
| ABRAHAM | Quebec City attraction, The Plains of ___ |
| CREEPIEST | Those baked on the plains of Manitoba? Temperature most disturbing (9) |
| VERYLARGEARRAY | Radio astronomy observatory on the Plains of San Agustin, New Mexico, officially renamed after Karl G Jansky in 2012 |
| BATTLEFIELDSPARK | The Plains of Abraham is in this site in Quebec City: 2 wds. |
| BISON | Animal with large head and hairy shoulders native to the plains of North America (5) |
