| CITY | Capital of the Central Visayas region of the Philippines (4,4) |
| CEBU | Capital of the Central Visayas region of the Philippines (4,4) |
| PANAY | Sixth-largest island of the Philippines by area, in the western Visayas between Negros and Mindoro (5) |
| PHILIPPINES | Pacific nation divided into three island groups, Luzon, Visayas and Mindanao |
| DUSHANBE | The capital of the central Asian country Tajikistan (8) |
| UBANGI | Tributary of the Congo River on which the capital of the Central African Republic stands (6) |
| BHOPAL | Capital of the central Indian state of Madhya Pradesh, known as the City of Lakes (6) |
| PERUGIA | Capital of the central Italian region of Umbria, a papal possession between 1540 and 1860 (7) |
| BANGUI | The capital of the Central African Republic |
| BREZHNEV | General Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union from 1964 to 1982 (6,8) |
| NEBRASKA | State of the central US west of the Missouri River; capital, Lincoln (8) |
| COLORADO | State of the central US, the capital of which is Denver (8) |
| OKINAWAN | Native of the largest of the central Ryukyu Islands |
| HIBERNIA | What is the name of the central statue atop the GPO, due to appear on commemorative 1916 ?2 coins? ( |
| TWILIGHT | Bella, Edward and Jacob are the names of the central characters in which popular series of novels/films? (8) |
| STIMULUS | Drugs that temporarily increase the action of the central nervous system (8) |
| IGNATIUS | First name of the central character in John Kennedy Toole's novel A Confederacy of Dunces |
| TOUADERA | Faustin-Archange, president of the Central African Republic (8) |
| SARANDJI | Simplice, prime minister of the Central African Republic (8) |
| INDICATE | Show in order to get rid of the central character (8) |
