| DIXIE | Southern states of the US; cooking pot (5) |
| GUMBO | Native African vegetable, also known as okra, after which a soup of the southern states of the US is named (5) |
| NORTH | One of the 13 original states of the USA, capital Raleigh (5,8) |
| SOUTH | Some States of the US, hot and bothered (5) |
| GOSPEL | Type of evangelical singing originating in churches of the southern states of the USA (6) |
| SOULFOOD | Dishes originating in the southern states of the USA (4,4) |
| TASTE | 2010's US cooking competition with Nigella Lawson as a judge: The _ (5) |
| FIGHT | US cooking competition, Knife ___ (5) |
| KNIFE | US cooking competition, ... Fight (5) |
| GUSTO | Relish got us cooking (5) |
| GAMES | Guy's Grocery _, US cooking contest series (5) |
| BOBBY | Beat ___ Flay, US cooking contest series (5) |
| SUSHI | Delicacy from his US cooking (5) |
| AVERS | In states of the south, again, Virginia turns up (5) |
| FORTYEIGHT | The lower ___ ___: common term to describe the contiguous states of the US (5,5) |
| CONFEDERATE | The 11 states of the US that seceded from the Union in 1861 were called the - States (11) |
| OLDMEXICO | The southwestern states of the US that were part of its southern neighbour until 1848 are collectively termed ... ...... (3,6) |
| SUNBELT | The southern, and usually rightwing, states of the US (7) |
| ARKANSAS | One of the Confederate states of the US (8) |
| GEORGIA | Most southern of the 13 original states of the USA (7) |
