| PERIGORD | Species of black truffle native to southern Europe (8) |
| YELLOWBELLIED | Cowardly species of black snake? (6-7) |
| CYCLAMEN | Often pink-flowered relative of the primula, native to southern Europe but sometimes growing wild in southern England |
| BERGAMOT | Citrus fruit native to southern Italy (8) |
| FLAMENCO | Music and dance artform native to southern Spain (8) |
| GIGANTEA | Stapelia ___ is a flowering plant, also called Zulu giant, native to southern and eastern African desert regions (8) |
| MYRTLE | Evergreen shrub native to southern Europe, with pink or white flowers and aromatic blue-black berries |
| SPANISHCHESTNUT | Tree native to southern Europe and Asia Minor producing an edible seed (7,8) |
| LOVEINAMIST | Plant native to southern Europe, with finely divided leaves, also known as the fennelflower |
| ALBUCA | Genus of plants in the family Hyacinthaceae, most of the 30 species of which are native to Southern Africa |
| CHACMA | Largest of the six species of baboon, native to southern Africa; Papio ursinus (6) |
| UNIONISM | Artless ruminations of loyalty to southern federation (8) |
| STAUNTON | Way in Hampshire to get to southern Somerset county town (8) |
| SIROCCO | Hot wind blowing from north Africa to southern Europe (7) |
| ESSAYIST | Key to southern state is finding time for literary writer (8) |
| WILLYART | Dundonian's retiring and is going to southern tip of Orkney on craft |
| SPRAYING | Applying the sprinklers to southern devotional activity (8) |
| DISCRETE | Unattached inspector linked to southern Greek island (8) |
| ZEBRA | Striped mammal of the horse family, native to southern and eastern Africa (5) |
| ALOE | Genus of plants native to southern Africa with red or yellow flowers (4) |
