| SNOWLEOPARD | A world opens out for this Central Asian animal (4,7) |
| AFGHANISTAN | Kipling warned the young British soldier of the consequences of being wounded and left on the plains of this central Asian nation |
| JANSHERKHAN | Winner of the Men's World Open Squash Championship in 1987, 1989, 1990 and from 1992-96 |
| NEOPHYTE | They open out for a novice |
| PANAMA | Pa, a man came back from this Central American country |
| WATERBUFFALO | Asian animal also called a carabao (5,7) |
| MUSKDEER | Small East Asian animal which secretes a strong-smelling substance used in perfumery |
| TAPIR | I trap a Southeast Asian animal (5) |
| INDIANELEPHANT | Big Asian animal ruined a plain in the end (6,8) |
| NOTION | Thought, on the way up, PC World opens midday (6) |
| CASEMENT | Setter accepts a second opportunity: it opens out (8,6) |
| WINDOW | Setter accepts a second opportunity: it opens out (8,6) |
| SUSPENSOR | Russ opens out a bandage (9) |
| MACAW | Spacewoman opens out a parrot (5) |
| HONDURAS | The Montagua river forms a small part of the border between Guatemala and this Central American repu |
| CONGO | The rainforests of this central African nation are home to the only group of wild Bonobo chimpanzees in the world |
| GUATEMALA | Rigoberta Menchu received the Nobel Peace Prize in 1992 for her work among the indigenous people of this Central American republic |
| COLON | Pause after seeing this Central American currency (5) |
| KEYBOARD | There are various characters on this central committee (8) |
| THENAMEOFTHEGAME | People willing to be identified by this central issue? |
