| MOUNTAINCHAIN | The Andes, for instance |
| MTS | The Rockies or the Andes, for example: Abbr. |
| RANGE | Mountain ___ (the Alps or the Andes, for example) |
| POTATO | Solanaceous plant first cultivated in the Andes for its edible tubers about 1,800 years ago (6) |
| LLAMAS | Animals used in the Andes for meat, wool and transport (6) |
| WEDNESDAY | In the oddly dewy Andes for the day (9) |
| MTNS | S. Amer.'s Andes, for example |
| ILLAMPU | Mountain in the Andes; one of the toughest climbs in the Cordillera Real (7) |
| MACHUPICCHU | Ancient city located high in the Andes - heavy rain destroyed access to the site for a month in 2010 (5,6) |
| BOREAS | The north wind penetrates round the top of the Andes (6) |
| PATAGONIA | The southernmost region of South America, in Argentina and Chile, extending from the Andes to the Atlantic (9) |
| TITICACA | Highest navigable lake in the world, in the Andes on the border of Bolivia and Peru (8) |
| PAMPERO | Strong cold wind of South America that blows north- east across the pampas from the Andes to the Atlantic (7) |
| ARGENTINA | Second- largest country of South America, occupying most of the southern half of the continent east of the Andes (9) |
| PAMPAS | Name the vast grassy plains lying in the rain shadow of the Andes (6) |
| PARAMO | High plateau in the Andes between the tree line and the permanent snow line (6) |
| CHACO | The Gran --- is a plain of swamps and forest between the Andes and the Paraguay River (5) |
| CERRODEPASCO | A city in central Peru, in the Andes; one of the highest cities in the world (5,2,5) |
| OCA | Veggie grown in the foothills of the Andes |
| SEDAN | The type of vehicle seen in the Andes |
