| TLAXCALA | Smallest of the 32 estados (states) of Mexico, in the east central region bordered by Puebla, Mexico and Hidalgo (8) |
| JALISCO | Seventh-largest of the 31 states of Mexico, in the west on the Pacific coast; capital, Guadalajara (7) |
| POTOMAC | A river in the east central US, rising in the Appalachian Mountains of West Virginia (7) |
| GREATBASIN | North American region bordered by the Sierra Nevada range on the west, the Wasatch Mountains on the east, the Columbia Plateau on the north, and the Mojave Desert on the south. |
| SYRIANDESERT | Region bordered by the Euphrates |
| TEHUACAN | Second largest city in Puebla, Mexico |
| EDOM | Ancient region bordered the Dead Sea |
| POPOCATEPETL | Volcano on the border of the states of Mexico and Puebla, central Mexico. The name in the Nahuatl means "Smoking Mountain." (12) |
| TIJUANA | Westernmost city of Mexico, in the state of Baja California just south of the US border (7) |
| TOLTEC | A member of a Central American Indian people who ruled much of Mexico in the 10th-12th centuries (6) |
| LAFITTE | Jean, pirate who operated in the Gulf of Mexico in the 19th century (7) |
| TENNESSEE | State of the East Central United States, the capital of which is Nashville (9) |
| TAMPICO | Port city of E Mexico, in the state of Tamaulipas on the Panuco River (7) |
| BOROUGH | One of the 32 constituent divisions of the City of London (7) |
| POINTS | Prongs of a deer's antler; values assigned to certain cards in bridge; or, each of the 32 directions |
| SEED | Term for any of the 32 top players given preferential treatment in the draw for tennis tournaments. (4) |
| POINT | Unit in scoring; or, any one of the 32 divisions of a compass (5) |
| MORAY | One of the 32 council areas of Scotland, site of Gordonstoun (5) |
| RHUMB | Any of the 32 points of the compass |
| CINCODEMAYO | The anniversary of Mexico's victory over the French at Puebla in 1862, celebrated on May 5 (5,2,4) |
