| CORDILLERA | Extensive chain of mountain ranges such as the American _ (10) |
| DOMEMOUNTAINS | Ranges such as South Dakota's Black Hills |
| PLANE | Tree such as the American ___ or Oriental ___ with ball-shaped heads of fruit (5) |
| ROCKIES | Chain of mountain ranges in North America |
| SKUNK | The moisture-loving Lysichiton americanus is commonly known as the American ___-cabbage (5) |
| COMPASSION | Warmth of fire behind chain of mountains tops (10) |
| HACKBERRY | Tree of the elm family such as the American - with edible cherry-like fruits (9) |
| ATLAS | Series of mountain ranges in northwestern Africa, running generally southwest to northeast more than 1,200 miles (2,000 km) through the Maghreb, from the Moroccan port of Agadir in the southwest to th |
| SOLDIER | The American ___ community representing the U.S. forces in the Iraq War which was declared as the Time Person of the Year in 2003 |
| AGAVE | Plant such as the American aloe (5) |
| ANDES | Which system of mountain ranges is the world's longest? (5) |
| JURA | Series of mountain ranges on the Swiss-French border (4) |
| CAMBRIAN | ____ Mountains, series of mountain ranges in Wales that include Snowdonia (8) |
| ANOLE | Small arboreal lizard of the family Dactyloidae also known as the American chameleon (5) |
| AMERICAN | Chain of mountain systems parallel to the Pacific coast extending from Alaska to Cape Horn (8,10) |
| ELM | The American ___ is the state tree of Massachusetts |
| ATT | Once known as the American Telephone and Telegraph Company (but drop the ampersand) |
| RIDGE | A narrow chain of mountains; a whale's back; the meteorological opposite of a trough; or, the horizontal line of a rooftop (5) |
| LEONARDO | "The American ___" (Carelton Mabee biography of Samuel F.B. Morse that won a Pulitzer) |
| HIMALAYAN | Lost yak, tailless animal chasing herd at the top of mountain range (9) |
