| ANTANANARIVO | Capital and largest city of Madagascar, previously known as Tananarive (12) |
| DUE | "My Soul to Keep" author Tananarive |
| ROSEAU | Capital and largest city of Dominica, previously known as Charlotte Town (6) |
| THESSALY | Large region of ancient Greece previously known as Aeolia; homeland of the mythical heroes Jason and Achilles (8) |
| STEP | Track and field's triple jump was previously known as the hop, ... and jump |
| ULURU | Previously known as Ayers Rock, as in Dahlia 'Alauna ___', Rhododendron 'Schnupper's ___' and Streptocarpus 'Mac's Walkabout ___' (5) |
| HANOI | Vietnamese city previously known as Thang Long |
| CAMILLA | The Duchess of Cornwall was previously known as ... Parker Bowles |
| AMAZON | E-commerce giant founded by Jeff Bezos and previously known as Cadabra |
| INSTAGRAM | Social media service with Reels owned by Meta and previously known as Burbn |
| TWITTER | Social media site purchased by Elon Musk and previously known as Odeo |
| PAYPAL | Fintech company popular for online payments and previously known as Confinity |
| WOMACK | Married surname of actress previously known as Samantha Janus (6) |
| ELJADIDA | This Moroccan port previously known as Mazagan is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site (2,6) |
| ISTANBUL | City previously known as Constantinople (8) |
| PANDAS | Previously known as parti-coloured bears, these black and white Chinese animals were renamed in 1901 |
| AMIENS | Dublin's Connolly Station was previously known as ___ Street Station. (6) |
| EMMA | ___ Bunton, singer previously known as Baby Spice (4) |
| GCLASS | Classic Mercedes 4x4 previously known as the G-Wagen (1-5) |
| NITRIC | ___ acid, very corrosive compound previously known as aqua fortis (6) |
