| SONORAN | ___ Desert, straddling Arizona, California and Mexico (7) |
| COLORADODESERT | Arid region of California and Mexico (8,6) |
| MOHAVE | This firethorn (pyracantha) cultivar is an Indian people of the Colorado river valley in Arizona, California, and Nevada (6) |
| SIMPSON | ___ Desert, large barren region in Central Australia (7) |
| ATACAMA | ___ Desert, a cool, arid region of northern Chile (7) |
| PAINTED | ___ Desert (colorful Arizona attraction) |
| LAVERNE | Lauren ___, Desert Island Discs host (7) |
| YUCATAN | 2 separating Cuba and Mexico (7) |
| CHORIZO | Kind of highly seasoned pork sausage of Spain and Mexico (7) |
| CENTAVO | Fractional monetary unit used in Brazil and Mexico (7) |
| SANTAFE | International trade route between America and Mexico, the ... Trail (5,2) |
| FILAREE | European weed naturalized in southwestern United States and Mexico having reddish decumbent stems wi |
| MOJAVE | Desert straddling the border between California and Nevada (6) |
| KALAHARI | Desert straddling South Africa, Namibia and Botswana (8) |
| YUMA | Desert straddling the US-Mexico border (4) |
| SAHARA | ___ Desert (after translation, "Desert Desert") |
| GOBI | The _ Desert, large desert and brushland region in East Asia (4) |
| NUBIAN | ____ Desert, arid and rocky region in the eastern region of the Sahara Desert (6) |
| LIBYAN | ___ Desert (eastern portion of the Sahara) |
| NAMIB | Southwest Africa's ___ Desert |
