| ELOY | Town between Phoenix and Tucson |
| TEMPE | City between Phoenix and Mesa |
| ARIZ | Where Yuma and Tucson are: Abbr. |
| SUVS | Santa Fe and Tucson, e.g. |
| ITEN | Rd. through Mobile and Tucson |
| PARKINGGARAGE | Tacoma, Malibu, and Tucson locale? |
| LILACS | Flowers gathered in central Belize, Calais and Tucson |
| HYUNDAI | Brand of motor car which incudes the models Kona and Tucson (7) |
| NESBIT | Novelist who wrote The Story of the Treasure Seekers, The Phoenix and the Carpet and The Railway Children (6) |
| ENESBIT | British writer whose children's books include The Phoenix and the Carpet and The Railway Children |
| IMELDASTAUNTON | Actress whose films include Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix and Vera Drake (6,8) |
| SPRAWLS | Expands, like Phoenix and Los Angeles |
| BYME | River Phoenix and Corey Feldman drama, Stand... (2,2) |
| HER | Joaquin Phoenix and Amy Adams drama (3) |
| MCAVOY | Dark Phoenix and It: Chapter Two star, James ... (6) |
| FEATHERS | Presumably those around Phoenix and Down (8) |
| TWOLOVERS | 2008 film drama starring Joaquin Phoenix and Gwyneth Paltrow |
| MALELEADS | Phoenix and Washington, e.g. |
| LEADINGMEN | Phoenix and Washington, e.g. |
| EMPTY | 1988 film with River Phoenix and Judd Hirsch (5) |
