| RAZORBACK | Pig breed common in the southern USA (9) |
| NASHVILLE | State capital in the southern USA (pop about 700,000), founded in 1779 (9) |
| EVERGLADE | A large shallow lake or marsh in the southern US (9) |
| TRAPMUSIC | *Hip-hop subgenre that originated in the Southern United States |
| YORKSHIRE | Former county of north England; pig breed (9) |
| LOUISIANA | New Orleans' state in southern USA (9) |
| NEWORLEANS | City in the southern USA (pop about 400,000), founded in 1718 (3,7) |
| MIAMI | Resort city in the southern USA (pop about 440,000), incorporated in 1896 (5) |
| PECANPIE | Nutty dessert originating in the southern USA (5,3) |
| CREOLE | A French dialect spoken in the southern USA (6) |
| HUSHPUPPY | In southern USA, deep-fried ball of maize dough (4,5) |
| MESQUITE | Leguminous tree whose wood is often used as barbecue fuel in the southern USA |
| CORNSNAKE | Harmless reptile of southern USA (4,5) |
| BIBLEBELT | Southern United States (5,4) |
| PALMETTO | Though technically a short palm tree from the southern United States, Mexico and Bahamas, the name is also used for the fan-leaf, the only native palm tree in Mallorca (8) |
| ALLIGATOR | Large crocodilian of the southern US (9) |
| SPIRITUAL | Religious song associated with the southern US (9) |
| BRER | Trickster character in the African-American oral tradition of the Southern USA, _ Rabbit (4) |
| GULFOFMEXICO | Vast inlet off the southern USA (4,2,6) |
| VERDIN | Species of penduline tit, native to the southern USA (6) |
