| HONDURAS | Central American republic bordered by El Salvador, Nicaragua and Guatemala (8) |
| CENTRALAMERICA | Isthmus comprising Belize, Guatemala, Honduras, El Salvador, Nicaragua, Costa Rica and Panama (7,7) |
| MALCOLMX | Civil rights leader who also went by el-Hajj Malik el-Shabazz: 2 wds. |
| OFDANIEL | 1971 novel by EL Doctorow inspired by the 1951 Rosenberg Trial (3,4,2,6) |
| LOONLAKE | 1980 novel by EL Doctorow (4,4) |
| BREZHNEV | Leader that was Zulu embraced by elevated Archdeacon Basil? (8) |
| VALENCIA | City conquered by El Cid |
| NUEVAYOL | Bad Bunny song that samples "Un Verano en Nueva York," by El Gran Combo de Puerto Rico |
| SENTINEL | Sentry dispatched by elevated railway (8) |
| REPLYING | Riposting by elevated dishonesty (8) |
| RWANDA | Central African republic bordered by Tanzania, Uganda and Burundi (6) |
| SIERRALEONE | West African republic bordered by Guinea and Liberia |
| CHAD | Republic bordered by Libya, Niger, and Sudan |
| ISRAEL | Middle East republic bordered by Lebanon, Syria and Jordan |
| MALAWI | African republic bordered by Mozambique, Tanzania & Zambia |
| GUINEABISSAU | West African republic bordered by Senegal to the north (6-6) |
| CONGO | The -; formerly Zaire, short name of a republic bordered by nine countries (5) |
| BISSAU | see 12dn, West African republic bordered by Senegal to the north |
| GUINEA | see 12dn, West African republic bordered by Senegal to the north |
| BELIZE | Country on the Eastern coast of Central America, bordered by Mexico and Guatemala (6) |
