Across
- 1. A checkpea
- 3. despot
- 7. a former Spanish coin, originating in the 11th century from a gold coin called the Almoravid dinar
- 8. clerk
- 13. a cluster of wealthy, mythical cities supposedly located in the southwestern United States
- 15. the former nickname for the Santa Clara Valley in California,
- 17. rich
Down
- 2. a body of water bordered by Mexico's Baja California peninsula and mainland Mexico
- 4. Ships
- 5. buzzard
- 6. a large Zuni pueblo located near present-day Zuni, New Mexico
- 9. gentleman
- 10. a type of firearm that uses a slow-burning, lit fuse (a "match") to ignite the gunpowder.
- 11. the name of the mythical Seven Cities of Gold
- 12. a marine animal found in the Sea of Cortez.
- 14. most commonly a surname,
- 16. at sign