| Answer | Crossword Clue |
|---|---|
| ARID | Like a Southwestern desert |
| ocotillo | A spiny, scarlet-flowered desert shrub of the southwestern US and Mexico, sometimes planted as a hedge |
| SONORAN | Southwestern desert |
| MOJAVE | Southwestern desert |
| MOHAVE | Southwestern desert |
| YUCCA | Southwestern desert plant |
| GILAS | Southwestern desert "monsters" |
| MESA | Southwestern desert feature |
| GEORGIAOKEEFFE | Painter of the southwestern desert |
| OCOTILLO | Shrub of the southwestern desert |
