| RANCH | A stock farm in the western US (5) |
| WELLS | Pioneer mail courier and banking service that operated in the western US from the mid-19th century (5,5) |
| FARGO | Pioneer mail courier and banking service that operated in the western US from the mid-19th century (5,5) |
| BASIN | Semiarid region of the western US between the Wasatch and the Sierra Nevada Mountains (5,5) |
| GREAT | Semiarid region of the western US between the Wasatch and the Sierra Nevada Mountains (5,5) |
| OXIDE | Papers found on the farm in the beginning beside oriental rusty compound for one (5) |
| MEGAN | Sister of Declan who lives with him at Home Farm in the Dales (5,5) |
| STRAW | Dry wheat stems, found in bales on Butlers Farm in the Dales (5) |
| TAHOE | Freshwater lake in the Sierra Nevada of the Western United States, Lake _ (5) |
| HOOVERDAM | A barrier across the Colorado River in the western US, on the border between Nevada and Arizona (6,3) |
| WELLSFARGO | Pioneer mail courier and banking service that operated in the western US from the mid-19th century (5,5) |
| UTAH | A state in the western US settled in 1847 by Mormons (4) |
| FRANC | Currency of stock farm has no sign of surprise (5) |
| BUTTE | An isolated, steep-sided, flat-topped hill in the western United States and Canada |
| MUSTANGS | Small wild or half-wild horses, found in the western US (8) |
| ELK | Large deer in the western US |
| LOBO | Toss bagel canine found in the western US (4) |
| EDYS | Brand known as Dreyer's in the western US |
| YELLOWSTONE | Chicken satay and tikka starters at lunchtime, current in the western US (11) |
| RANCHED | Had a stock farm without starting to have diversified (7) |
