| THEANDES | Chain of seven countries |
| STANS | Set of seven countries, informally |
| ARCTICCIRCLE | Parts of seven countries lie within it |
| DHABI | Largest of the seven countries making up the United Arab Emirates; from Arabic, 'father of gazelle' (3,5) |
| ABU | And 13 Largest of the seven countries making up the United Arab Emirates; from Arabic, 'father of gazelle' (3,5) |
| ANDES | Chain through seven countries |
| ALPS | Range in seven countries |
| ARABIA | Peninsula with seven countries |
| ASIA | Home to seven countries whose names end in "-stan" |
| CABLE | Collection of wires twisted or bonded as a rope; the chain of a ship's anchor; or, a unit of length equal to one tenth of a nautical mile (5) |
| ATLAS | Collection of the charts studied in cartography; one of the mythological Greek Titans; or, the name of a chain of mountains extending through Algeria, Morocco and Tunisia (5) |
| RING | Closed chain of atoms; or, any one of the discs consisting of millions of moonlets orbiting Saturn (4) |
| JAVA | A chain of volcanic mountains forms the spine of this Indonesian island which lies west of Bali |
| FLORIDAKEYS | A chain of small islands off the coast of the South East US, dividing the Atlantic Ocean from the Gulf of Mexico (7,4) |
| SIERRA | What is a chain of hills or mountains, the peaks of which suggest the teeth of a saw (6) |
| LINKS | Parts of a chain of golf courses (5) |
| LOGIC | The science of reasoning a chain of thought |
| TOKYO | To one's knowledge, leaders take half of your capital in chain of islands in Asia (5) |
| LARGO | One of Florida's chain of islands, made famous by the Bogart/Bacall film, Key ... |
| DOMINO | Consequence of one event setting off a chain of similar ones (6,6) |
