| CHEROKEE | A member of a Native American people indigenous to the South East US (8) |
| MOHAVE | People indigenous to the Colorado River |
| UTE | People indigenous to the Colorado Basin |
| FRASCATI | Which Italian wine is from a region to the south-east of Rome? (8) |
| FLORIDAKEYS | A chain of small islands off the coast of the South East US, dividing the Atlantic Ocean from the Gulf of Mexico (7,4) |
| DELAWARE | State of the North East US whose capital is Dover (8) |
| BERBER | A member of a people indigenous to North Africa (6) |
| CHICKASAW | Indigenous people of the south-east US (9) |
| ALLIGATORSNAPPER | One of the heaviest freshwater turtles, found primarily in the south-east US (9,7) |
| THAILAND | The Siamese cat is indigenous to what country? (8) |
| KANGAROO | Marsupial indigenous to Australia and New Guinea (8) |
| ALABAMA | State of the south-east US (7) |
| NUTMEG | Spice derived from the seeds of a tree indigenous to the Molucca Islands, used to flavour bechamel sauce, wilted spinach and custard tarts (6) |
| THOSE | The ones there are to the south-east of the back of 8 (5) |
| ARABICA | Coffee from the beans of a plant originally indigenous to the Ethiopian Highlands, higher quality than robusta (7) |
| CREEK | Native American tribe from south-east US who spoke the Muskogean language (5) |
| GEORGIA | State of the South East United States named after a British king, nicknamed the Peach State (7) |
| FRASER | ___ fir, coniferous tree of the south-east USA (6) |
| ORLANDO | City in the south-east USA (pop about 300,000), incorporated in 1875 (7) |
| TAINO | People indigenous to Puerto Rico |