| OILBIRD | Nocturnal cave-dwelling bird, Steatornis caripensis, of South America and Trinidad (7) |
| MIRITI | Palm of the genus Mauritia native to South America and Trinidad (6) |
| SERIEMA | Large, ground-dwelling bird of South America that might be redlegged or black-legged (7) |
| PASSAGE | Strait between South America and the South Shetland Islands which connects the Pacific and Atlantic Oceans (5,7) |
| SUSANNA | South America and North America welcoming an opera heroine (7) |
| SATANIC | It's diabolical in South America and it can spread (7) |
| GOSHAWK | Large, short-winged, forest-dwelling bird of prey used in falconry (7) |
| GRAMMA | Pasture grass of plains of South America and western North America. |
| ORIOLES | Tree-dwelling birds love parts around island (7) |
| RIVER | First word of the name for a group of six species of primarily freshwater dolphins of south-central Asia, China, and South America and in the coastal waters of Brazil, Argentina, and Uruguay. (5) |
| PAMPAS | The extensive grassy plains of South America and especially Argentina (6) |
| TAPIR | Small, pig-like animal of South America and Malaya (5) |
| GUPPY | A small, brightly-coloured freshwater fish of South America and the Caribbean (5) |
| MUDHENS | Marsh-dwelling birds |
| AMAZON | Covering around 40 per cent of South America and sometimes referred to as the "world's lungs", Earth's largest rainforest (6) |
| CHILEBANON | Border sharers of South America and Asia? |
| GUACHARO | Cave-dwelling bird (8) |
| IGUANA | Genus of lizard native to tropical areas of Central and South America and the Caribbean |
| AMERICAS | North America and South America and Central America (8) |
| DRAKE | Strait between South America and the South Shetland Islands connecting the Pacific and Atlantic Oceans (5,7) |
