| UZBEKISTAN | Country in Central Asia where Tashkent is the capital |
| TAJIKISTAN | Country in central Asia that includes the Fann Mountains (10) |
| KAZAKH | Native of large landlocked country in Central Asia |
| GALATIA | An ancient country in central Asia Minor (7) |
| KYRGYZSTAN | Mountainous country in central Asia (10) |
| AFGHANISTAN | Mountainous landlocked country in central Asia (11) |
| SINGAPORE | Island republic in Southeast Asia where you can enjoy slings at Raffles or exotic orchids at the Bot |
| MESOPOTAMIA | Area of western Asia where the world's first civilisations arose (11) |
| IPSUS | In 301 BC, which ancient village in central Asia Minor, in Phrygia, was the scene of a battle between the successors of Alexander the Great? (5) |
| ALTAIMOUNTAINS | Range of peaks in Asia where Russia, China, Mongolia and Kazakhstan converge (5,9) |
| ASSAM | Area of Asia where a lot of people returned (5) |
| ATHENS | Capital that's in order in Belfast, Brasilia and Tashkent? (6) |
| TURKESTAN | Region in central Asia between Siberia in the north and Tibet, India, Afghanistan and Iran in the south (9) |
| HYDEPARK | Prayed uneasily in heart of Tashkent and here, in London (4,4) |
| UZBEK | The main language spoken in Tashkent |
| STOLID | Cold as ice, perhaps, around capital in Tashkent (6) |
| ELSALVADOR | The smallest country in Central America, around half the size of Wales with double the population (2,8) |
| BELIZE | Country in Central America whose capital is Belmopan (6) |
| SLOVAKIA | Country in central Europe whose capital is Bratislava |
| NICARAGUA | Which is the largest country in Central America? (9) |
