| EVERGLADE | A large shallow lake or marsh in the southern US (9) |
| DIPRIMA | Graziano, professional dancer who partnered Kym Marsh in the 2022 series of Strictly Come Dancing (2,5) |
| NASHVILLE | State capital in the southern USA (pop about 700,000), founded in 1779 (9) |
| RAZORBACK | Pig breed common in the southern USA (9) |
| SALTONSEA | Shallow lake in the lower Colorado Desert, southern California |
| MAYFLOWER | In Britain, another name for hawthorn, cowslip or marsh marigold |
| RAWCLIFFE | North Yorks village/shallow lake with lots of fish (*wear cliff) (9) |
| ABERT | Lake ___, a large, shallow alkali stretch of water in the US north-west (5) |
| CHAD | Large, shallow lake in north central Africa (4) |
| BALATON | Large shallow lake in Hungary (7) |
| ARALSEA | Large shallow lake between Uzbekistan and Kazakhstan (4,3) |
| MERE | Dialect or archaic word for a lake or marsh (4) |
| BAYOU | In the southern US, what is a marshy outlet of a lake or river? (5) |
| PAELLA | Spanish rice dish cooked and served in a large shallow pan (6) |
| PLATTER | Sound of one who braids hair in a large shallow dish (7) |
| POCOSON | A swamp in the southern US, usually wooded (7) |
| NEWORLEANS | Word about a loner working in the southern US (3,7) |
| REDNECK | What is a racially intolerant, narrow-minded person, especially in the southern US? |
| ROYALPALMS | Tropical trees of the species Roystonea regia, used ornamentally in the southern US |
| LAGOON | A shallow lake connected with the sea or a river (6) |
