| FLORA | Girl from Florida, or Arkansas, originally (5) |
| FLANNEL | Material girl from Florida left (7) |
| RIVER | Colorado or Arkansas |
| STATE | Alabama or Arkansas |
| AORTA | Bloodline traced to Florida (or Tallahassee, even) (5) |
| SWAMP | US wetland area particularly in Florida or the '- - - - - rose mallow' hibiscus (5) |
| EVANS | Florida or J.J., e.g. |
| STLEO | Catholic university in Florida or its home town |
| TAMPA | A city in Florida or an old blues player |
| OFONE | See 1Dn, Noir author whose novels are often set in Florida or Detroit (6,7) |
| ORDER | See 1Dn, Noir author whose novels are often set in Florida or Detroit (6,7) |
| MONEY | See 1Dn, Noir author whose novels are often set in Florida or Detroit (6,7) |
| QUEEN | See 1Dn, Noir author whose novels are often set in Florida or Detroit (6,7) |
| SCALE | See 1Dn, Noir author whose novels are often set in Florida or Detroit (6,7) |
| ROYAL | See 1Dn, Noir author whose novels are often set in Florida or Detroit (6,7) |
| SHORE | See 1Dn, Noir author whose novels are often set in Florida or Detroit (6,7) |
| QUAID | See 1Dn, Noir author whose novels are often set in Florida or Detroit (6,7) |
| NURSE | See 1Dn, Noir author whose novels are often set in Florida or Detroit (6,7) |
| TIGER | See 1Dn, Noir author whose novels are often set in Florida or Detroit (6,7) |
| ISASA | See 1Dn, Noir author whose novels are often set in Florida or Detroit (6,7) |
