| BANGLADESH | A republic in South Asia, the capital of which is Dhaka (10) |
| NEPAL | Land-locked country in South Asia, the natural home of thousands of plant species (5) |
| RATEL | Mammal of Africa and South Asia; the honey badger (5) |
| AZERBAIJAN | A republic in North West Asia, the capital of which is Baku (10) |
| IRAN | A republic in South West Asia, the capital of which is Tehran (4) |
| ARMENIA | A republic in North West Asia, the capital of which is Yerevan (7) |
| AFGHANISTAN | Landlocked republic in Central Asia, the capital of which is Kabul (11) |
| SAUDIARABIA | Kingdom in south-western Asia, the capital of which is Riyadh (5,6) |
| MALAYSIA | Country in South-east Asia, the capital of which is Kuala Lumpur (8) |
| ISRAEL | Country in Western Asia, the capital of which is Jerusalem (6) |
| SERBIA | A republic in South East Europe, the capital of which is Belgrade (6) |
| TIMORLESTE | In SE Asia, the 21st century's first new sovereign state |
| SINGAPORE | A republic in South East Asia, at the southern tip of the Malay Peninsula (9) |
| GREECE | A republic in South East Europe and a founding member of the United Nations (6) |
| ARSHADKHAN | Pakistan Test cricketer who took 5-38 against Sri Lanka at Dhaka in 1999 (6,4) |
| ECUADOR | A republic in South America, on the Pacific, whose flag features Chimborazo, the country's highest mountain (7) |
| ALBANIA | A republic in South East Europe, on the Balkan Peninsula (7) |
| PORTUGAL | A republic in South West Europe, on the Atlantic (8) |
| URUGUAY | A republic in South America, on the Atlantic (7) |
| VENEZUELA | A republic in South America, on the Caribbean Sea (9) |
