Answer:

bayou

Answer	Crossword Clue
BAYOU	Ronstadt's "Blue ..."
BAYOU	... Bengals (LSU team's moniker)
BAYOU	"Jambalaya" territory

BAYOU	Place for a pirogue
BAYOU	Marshy tributary
BAYOU	Louisiana backwater
BAYOU	Delta habitat
BAYOU	Gulf Coast feature
BAYOU	Marshy inlet
BAYOU	Swampy area
BAYOU	Marshy area

BAYOU	Louisiana marsh
BAYOU	Marshy tract
BAYOU	Linda Ronstadt's "Blue .."
BAYOU	Louisiana river phenomenon
BAYOU	"Blue ..." (1977 Linda Ronstadt hit)
BAYOU	Marshy backwater
BAYOU	Arm of the Atchafalaya
BAYOU	Arm of the Mississippi

BAYOU	Louisiana waterway
BAYOU	Louisiana marshland
BAYOU	Boggy backwater
BAYOU	Louisiana inlet
BAYOU	Louisiana locale for "True Detective"
BAYOU	Stagnant marsh
BAYOU	Marshy place
BAYOU	Plaquemine, e.g.

BAYOU	Crocodile habitat
BAYOU	Setting for "Beasts of the Southern Wild"
BAYOU	"Blue ..": 1963 and 1977 hit
BAYOU	Crawfish habitat
BAYOU	Crayfish habitat
BAYOU	Louisiana wetland
BAYOU	Mississippi inlet
BAYOU	Sluggish southern stream

BAYOU	Sluggish stream
BAYOU	Mississippi Delta feature
BAYOU	Sluggish inlet
BAYOU	Southern marsh
BAYOU	"Blue ..." (Linda Ronstadt hit)