| STASI | Common name for the secret police force of the former republic of East Germany, disbanded in 1990 (5) |
| ADEN | Chief port of Yemen, and capital of the former republic of South Yemen (1967-90) |
| ELBA | Part of the former Republic of Pisa |
| GARDA | The state police force of the Irish Republic (5) |
| DOGE | Chief magistrate in the former republics of Venice and Genoa (4) |
| ROMANIA | The secret police of this former eastern bloc country was the "Securitate", disbanded following the fall of its dictator in 1989 (7) |
| BULGARIA | The KGB and the secret police of this Soviet-bloc nation were suspects in the death of Georgi Markov |
| GESTAPO | Secret police force of Nazi Germany(7) |
| LUFTWAFFE | Name for the air force of the German Bundeswehr and formerly of the Wehrmacht (9) |
| DJIBOUTI | Republic of East Africa bordering on the Gulf of Aden and the Red Sea (8) |
| KEVIN | Former Republic of Ireland international who is a pundit on Match of The Day (5,7) |
| KILBANE | Former Republic of Ireland international who is a pundit on Match of The Day (5,7) |
| ARMENIAN | Person from or the language of a land-locked former republic of the USSR |
| AFGHANISTAN | Nation, next door to Pakistan, that's been a battleground for the forces of the British Raj, the Soviet Empire and the coalition of the willing |
| DELAP | Rory ___, former Republic of Ireland and Stoke City midfielder noted for his long throw-ins (5) |
| REDARMY | Military force of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic established after the October Revolution of 1917 (3,4) |
| QUINN | Former Republic of Ireland striker; Sunderland chairman from 2006-11 (5,5) |
| NIALL | Former Republic of Ireland striker; Sunderland chairman from 2006-11 (5,5) |
| FOLAN | Former Republic of Ireland, Chesterfield and Hull City forward (5,5 |
| BENNETT | Alan ....... , former Republic of Ireland and Cheltenham defender re-signed by Cork in 2015 (7) |
