| DRIERSTATES | *Arizona and Nevada, compared to Louisiana and Florida? |
| DRIER | Like Nevada as compared to Louisiana |
| CADDO | A group of Plains Indians formerly living in what is now North and South Dakota and Nebraska and Kansas and Arkansas and Louisiana and Oklahoma and Texas. |
| MEAD | Lake ... is a reservoir in Arizona and Nevada formed by the Hoover Dam across the Colorado River (4) |
| PELICAN | Bird associated with Elizabeth I, Louisiana and a pedestrian crossing, whose name, thought to be based on Greek for "axe", is believed to refer to its distinctive pouched beak (7) |
| USA | Home to LA (Louisiana) and LA (Los Angeles) |
| OHSUSANNA | 1848 classic song about an Alabama-to-Louisiana traveler |
| SSE | Dir. from Nebraska to Louisiana |
| GULFSTATES | Texas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama and Florida |
| OKEFENOKEE | Swamp and wildlife refuge in Georgia and Florida (10) |
| SUNBELT | Region for Arizona and Florida |
| MAGNOLIA | This tree is the floral emblem of the nation of North Korea and the state flower of both Louisiana and Mississippi |
| ESE | Nebraska-to-Louisiana dir. |
| ACADIAN | Any of the early French settlers in Nova Scotia, many of whom were deported to Louisiana (7) |
| EAST | Mississippi, to Louisiana |
| SABINE | US river that forms part of the border between Louisiana and Texas (6) |
| JAVA | Louisiana and Virginia rock (4) |
| MALAWI | State of Massachusetts, north of Louisiana and West Indies (6) |
| LAVA | Very hot material in Louisiana and Virginia (4) |
| GULFOFMEXICO | Louisiana and Yucatan both lie on this ocean basin |
