| DEATHVALLEY | The hottest place on the North American continent (5,6) |
| ELAZIZIA | The hottest place on earth |
| PLANET | "Death Valley is one of the hottest places on the ." |
| ROCKIES | The ___ , mountain range forming the backbone of the western North American continent (7) |
| ICELAND | Nice lad moves to cool sounding place on the north side? (7) |
| GHOSTPEPPER | Chile that's among the hottest in the world |
| GRIZZLYBEAR | Powerful, brownish yellow animal of the North American west (7,4) |
| HITSTHESPOT | Gets it just right for the hottest ship being wrecked (4,3,4) |
| WINTERGREEN | Plant of the North American genus Gaultheria, especially G. procumbens, that yields an aromatic minty oil; also called checkerberry (11) |
| ANDES | Mountains running the length of the South American continent |
| CAPEHORN | Tip of the South American continent (4,4) |
| REDSKINS | Natives of American continent - or what the 'palefaces' called them? (8) |
| ANTARCTICA | A nationalist manoeuvre involving Republican on American continent |
| VESPUCCI | Italian explorer (surname) after whom the American continent was named (8) |
| ASIA | A small island north of American continent (4) |
| PUMA | Cougar found in the American continent |
| PERIHELION | Man, hero, chasing Persian spirit in hottest place |
| DEATH | ___ Valley; hottest place in California |
| OCEANIA | Once a strange island by American continent |
| LUSIAD | Epic of youth travelling round American continent's heart |
