| ILUS | Ascanius's other name until Aen. 1.268 |
| SIAM | Official country name until 1949 |
| BELGIANCONGO | Former name, until 1960, of Zaere (7,5) |
| NYASALAND | Malawi's name until 1964 (9) |
| UPPERVOLTA | Former name (until 1984) of Burkina-Faso (5,5) |
| CLAY | Boxing great's name, until 1964 |
| BASUTOLAND | Name, until 1966, of African country Lesotho (10) |
| BURMA | Name, until 1989, of Myanmar (5) |
| BRITISH | Name, until 1966, of Guyana (7,6) |
| ZETLAND | Official name, until 1974, of Shetland (7) |
| PERSIA | Name, until 1935, of Iran (6) |
| ANGORA | The name, until 1930, of Ankara, Turkey (6) |
| TWA | Big US airline name until 2001 |
| EVELYN | London diarist flatly withholding name until the end |
| STATES | Name, until 1971, of the United Arab Emirates (7,6) |
| TRUCIAL | Name, until 1971, of the United Arab Emirates (7,6) |
| CEYLON | The former name (until 1972) of Sri Lanka (6) |
| WESTPAKISTAN | Former name, until 1971, of Pakistan (4,8) |
| STANLEYVILLE | The former name (until 1966) of Kisangani, in Zaire (12) |
| EDO | The former name (until 1868) of Tokyo (3) |
