| DIKDIK | Small antelope of the genus Madoqua of semiarid regions of Africa (3-3) |
| ACACIA | Doubled current core of semiarid tree (6) |
| PUFFADDER | Venomous snake with chevron-like markings that is found in semiarid regions of Africa (4,5) |
| COWPEA | Legume that does well in semiarid regions |
| SAHEL | Semiarid region of Africa |
| ORIBI | Small antelope of the African savannah sometimes known as the palebuck (5) |
| BABOON | Any of the five species of ground-dwelling monkey comprising the genus Papio, found in dry regions of Africa and Arabia (6) |
| DESERT | A Sikh art dealer represented a dry region of Africa? - w 4ac (8,6) |
| BASIN | Semiarid region of the western US between the Wasatch and the Sierra Nevada Mountains (5,5) |
| GREAT | Semiarid region of the western US between the Wasatch and the Sierra Nevada Mountains (5,5) |
| KUDU | A spiral-horned antelope of the genus Tragelaphus inhabiting the bush of Africa |
| STEPPE | Semiarid plain |
| KAROO | Semiarid region of South Africa's Western Cape (5) |
| GNU | Antelope of the genus Connochaetes (3) |
| RIODEORO | Former region of Africa that comprised the southern part of the Spanish Sahara (3,2,3) |
| CHAMOIS | Goat-like antelope of the genus Rupicapra (7) |
| DESERTIFICATION | The process that reduces the biological productivity of drylands (arid and semiarid lands), which may be the result of climate change, deforestation, overgrazing, poverty, political instability, or un |
| ORYX | Large antelope of the deserts and dry plains of Africa and the Arabian Peninsula (4) |
| GRYSBOK | Type of small antelope of central and southern Africa having straight horns (7) |
| DUSTBOWL | Blow stud out of a semiarid region (4,4) |
