| CORTEZ | The Sea of ___ is also known as the Gulf of California. |
| VERMILION | Mexico's 700-mile Gulf of California is sometimes called the Sea of ___, owing to its massive red algae blooms |
| GRUNION | Fish such as the Gulf ? or California ? which spawns on beaches (7) |
| BAJACALIFORNIA | Spanish name for Lower California, the peninsula of northwestern Mexico, bounded by the United States, the Gulf of California, and the Pacific Ocean. (4,10) |
| NUNCDIMITTIS | The evensong canticle ____ is also known as the Song of Simeon |
| VAQUITA | Found only near the northern end of the Gulf of California, ecologists had estimated that, by 2020, no more than 18 adults of this marine mammal species remained. (7) |
| MINOR | The constellation Ursa ___ is also known as the Little Bear (5) |
| COLORADO | River that flows from the Rockies to the Gulf of California (8) |
| BAJA | Peninsula west of the Gulf of California, informally |
| SINALOA | Coastal state of NW Mexico on the Gulf of California; capital, Culiacan (7) |
| BATTLEOFLITTLEBIGHORN | The ____ is also known as Custer's Last Stand |
| GOAT | The Boer _ is also known as Boerbok (4) |
| YAQUI | Mexican river flowing south to the Gulf of California (5) |
| COMBS | Sean _ is also known as P. Diddy (5) |
| CASTLE | Nepeta 'Leeds ___ ' is also known as N. longipes (6) |
| RIVALE | Geum ___ is also known as water avens (6) |
| AVIUM | Prunus ___ is also known as sweet cherry (5) |
| ACRE | Sedum ___ is also known as biting stonecrop (4) |
| SONORA | State on the Gulf of California |
| LACTOSE | ____ is also known as milk sugar |
