| OLY | Classic beer of the Pacific Northwest, familiarly |
| BITTER | Description of the flavour of black coffee, chicory, hoppy beer of the same name, orange peel, plain chocolate, quinine or tonic water (6) |
| SAMADAMS | Official beer of the Boston Red Sox, familiarly |
| ACCESSIBLE | Brew of classic beer, shortly, should be easy to obtain (10) |
| STROHS | Classic beer brand that's an item of clothing when backward |
| CHINOOK | Language of the Pacific Northwest that's the origin of the word "potlatch" |
| IDAHO | Mountainous US state forming the eastern section of the Pacific Northwest (5) |
| COHO | Salmon of the Pacific northwest |
| BIGFOOT | Elusive resident of the Pacific Northwest |
| NULTH | Vancouver Island: Nuu-chah-___ (People of the Pacific Northwest Coast) |
| CARR | Noted artist of the Pacific Northwest |
| SALISH | Native Americans of the Pacific Northwest |
| GRANDFIR | Conifer of the Pacific Northwest, Abies grandis (5, 3) |
| ORCA | Predator of the Pacific Northwest |
| REDFIRS | High-elevation trees of the Pacific Northwest |
| REDALDERS | Trees of the Pacific Northwest named for their rusty bark color |
| NEZPERCE | Indigenous people of the Pacific Northwest |
| OREGON | Part of the Pacific Northwest |
| RAINY | Like the Pacific Northwest, for much of the year |
| OREGONTRAIL | 19th century US pioneer route extending from western Missouri to the Pacific northwest, the ... (6,5) |
