| OKLAHOMA | 'Sooner State' of the south-central US, named from Choctaw words meaning 'red people' (8) |
| MESA | Type of plateau of western USA, named from the Spanish for 'table' (4) |
| IOMOTHS | Colourful flying insects of North America, named from Greek myth (2,5) |
| OKLA | Choctaw word for "people," as seen in a U.S. state name |
| CLAYMOREMINES | Anti-personnel explosive devices developed by the US named after a Scottish sword (8,5) |
| SOCKEYE | Anglicization of an indigenous word meaning "red fish" (7) |
| GEORGIA | State of the South East United States named after a British king, nicknamed the Peach State (7) |
| OMAHA | City in a state of Nebraska (USA) named after an Indian tribe who settled there upon migrating from the Ohio river valley |
| DUSTBOWL | Area of the south central US denuded of topsoil by wind erosion during the droughts of the mid-1930s |
| CATTLEYA | An orchid of Central and South America named after a 19th- century English botanist (8) |
| TASMANIA | Drunk Santa takes aim at state of the south (8) |
| ARKANSAS | South central US state (8) |
| KENTUCKY | East south-central US state (8) |
| ANTONYMS | Many tons of words meaning the opposite? (8) |
| CHOPSUEY | A Chinese-style dish taking its name from the Cantonese words meaning "mixed bits" |
| THEDUSTBOWL | Prairie region of the south central US affected by severe soil erosion in the early 1930s (3,4,4) |
| ALHAMBRA | Meaning "red castle", a fortified palace in Granada, Spain (8) |
| DURANGO | Mexican city located in the south central part of the state of the same name in the fertile valley of the Sierra Madre Occidental (7) |
| ELDIABLO | Spanish words meaning 'The Devil' (2,6) |
| NORTHCAROLINA | 'Tar Heel State' of the south-eastern US; one of the original Thirteen Colonies (5,8) |
