| COTTONMOUTH | Large pit viper of the south-eastern US also called a water moccasin (11) |
| FERDELANCE | Highly venomous pit viper of the Americas |
| FER | ___-de-lance (large pit viper) |
| CREEP | Move like a water moccasin |
| WATERTUPELO | Common name for Nyssa aquatica, a large, long-lived tree that grows in the swamps and floodplains of the south-eastern US (5,6) |
| SCUPPERNONG | Amber-green muscadine grape of the south-eastern US (11) |
| FOTHERGILLA | Small genus of deciduous shrubs of the south eastern United States, with fiery red and orange leaves in autumn (11) |
| SAWPALMETTO | Common name for Serenoa repens, a smallish palm native to the south-eastern United States (3,8) |
| VEGETARIANS | Tea and vinegar's out for us: also meat (11) |
| TENNESSEE | River of the south-eastern US, the longest tributary of the Ohio (9) |
| FERDELANCES | The yellow viper of tropical America (3-2-6) |
| NORTHCAROLINA | 'Tar Heel State' of the south-eastern US; one of the original Thirteen Colonies (5,8) |
| THEGAMEISUP | Same huge pit excavated? All is revealed (3,4,2,2) |
| GEORGIA | 'Peach State' of the south-eastern US, founded as a British colony in 1732 (7) |
| ATLANTA | City of the south-eastern US that hosted the 26th Summer Olympic Games in 1996 (7) |
| MIAMI | 'Magic City' of the south-eastern US, in which sitcom The Golden Girls was based (5) |
| TROGON | The resplendent - is a bird of Central and N. South America also called a quetzal (6) |
| PALMETTO | Small tropical fan palm of the south-eastern US (8) |
| DIPPER | Bird also called a water ouzel; a pickpocket; type of ladle; or, an implement for drizzling honey (6) |
| CARIBOU | Large deer of Arctic regions of North America also called a reindeer (7) |
