| ARROYO | (southwestern United States) A stream or brook. |
| RILL | Small water source like a stream or brook |
| GUAYULE | Bushy shrub in the aster family of Mexico and the southwestern US; a source of latex (7) |
| SNAKEDANCE | In the United States, a parade before or during a high school or college homecoming event |
| BURN | In Scotland and North England, a small stream or brook (4) |
| RIVULET | Name a small stream or brook (7) |
| NAVATO | Language of the Southwestern United States |
| MOJAVE | Desert in the Southwestern United States (6) |
| FILAREE | European weed naturalized in southwestern United States and Mexico having reddish decumbent stems wi |
| AUSTERE | In the United States, a tree is seen as something which is severely simple (7) |
| ZACHARYTAYLOR | Twelfth President of the United States, a hero of the Mexican War (7,6) |
| PINOLE | In the southwestern United States, flour made of parched ground corn, mesquite beans, sugar, etc. |
| SONORAN | Desert which covers large parts of the southwestern United States and Mexico (7) |
| TAYLOR | Zachary ---, 12th President of the United States; a hero of the Mexican War (6) |
| BEEFALO | In the United States, a hybrid animal that is three-eighths bison and five-eighths domestic cow, bred for food (7) |
| ROSITA | Erect plant of the southwestern United States, Centaurium calycosum, having small clusters of pink trumpet-shaped flowers (6) |
| BEAM | A stream or flow of particles; a ray of light; a rafter; or, a radiant smile (4) |
| COURSE | The headwaters of a stream or river; or, a book or article used to provide evidence (6) |
| STREAM | A narrow river or brook; or, a steady flow of air, fluid or gas (6) |
| STEPPINGSTONE | One of a series of rocks or "hippings" on which to hip or hop across a stream; or, by extension, any means of advancement (8-5) |
