| GULFOOSECA | Bay bordering El Salvador, Honduras, and Nicaragua |
| OTERO | New Mexico county bordering El Paso |
| BISCAY | Atlantic bay bordering Spain and France (6) |
| CLOVER | Plant bay bordering lake and river |
| RICA | Costa ___ (country between Panama and Nicaragua) |
| HONDURAS | Central American country situated between Guatemala and Nicaragua (8) |
| FIGUEROA | Maynor ___, Honduras and FC Dallas defender once at Wigan and Hull (8) |
| MAYNOR | 2003-22 Honduras and 2008-13 Wigan defender (6) |
| NICARAGUA | Country between Honduras and Costa Rica (9) |
| ELSALVADOR | It's between Honduras and Guatemala (2,8) |
| NAJAR | Honduras and 2013-20 Anderlecht midfielder (5) |
| ANDY | Honduras and 2013-20 Anderlecht midfielder (4) |
| RAMONNUNEZ | 2011 Honduras and 2010-2013 Leeds United striker (5,5) |
| CENTRALAMERICA | Isthmus comprising Belize, Guatemala, Honduras, El Salvador, Nicaragua, Costa Rica and Panama (7,7) |
| COLON | Standard monetary unit of Costa Rica and El Salvador worth 100 centimos and 100 centavos respectively (5) |
| SAN | Capital and largest city of El Salvador (3,8) |
| SALADLOVER | Caesar fan (and, apropos of nothing, an anagram of EL SALVADOR) |
| USDOLLAR | Currency of Ecuador, El Salvador and Palau |
| OVERALL | No ads in El Salvador by and large (7) |
| SANSALVADOR | The capital and largest city of El Salvador (3,8) |