| HEZE | City in Shandong, China, known for peony cultivation |
| TAI | Mount ___ (sacred mountain in Shandong, China) |
| XIAN | City in China known for its terra-cotta warriors |
| SHARPEI | Dog breed from southern China known for its deep wrinkles (4,3) |
| MACAU | Part of China known for gambling |
| WEIHAI | Port in Shandong, NE China, on the Yellow Sea (6) |
| QINGDAO | Seaport in Shandong province China |
| EUHELOPUS | Genus of sauropod dinosaurs that lived in what is now Shandong Province in China (9) |
| MACAO | Territory in China known as Las Vegas of Asia |
| TSINAN | What, along with Chinan, was one of the former names for the capital of China's Shandong province? ( |
| KUOMINTANG | Political party in China known as the KMT whose first president was Song Jiaoren (10) |
| SUDARSHAN | Advanced long-range surface-to-air missile system deployed by India to counter threats from Pakistan and China, known as S-400 in Russia. (9) |
| TAIYUAN | Capital of the Shanxi province of northern China, known as 'Dragon City' (7) |
| CATHAY | By what name was China known to medieval Europe? (6) |
| HSIA | Older spelling of the Dynasty of China known as Xia |
| TARIM | (DEC) Longest inland river of China, known locally as the Talimu He (5) |
| LIAODONG | Large peninsula of NE China separated from the province of Shandong by the Yellow Sea (8) |
| YELLOWSEA | Site of the Shandong peninsula |
| CHINA | Asian country whose provinces include Henan and Shandong (5) |
| FELLAINI | Marouane ........ , Shandong Taishan, 2007-18 Belgium, 2008-13 Everton and 2013-19 Manchester United midfielder (8) |
