| LEBANON | Country in the Middle East (4,036 sq miles; pop 7 million), independent since 1943 (7) |
| LEBANESE | Relating to a country in the Middle East (4,036 sq miles; pop about 4 milion) (8) |
| LAOS | Country in south-east Asia (91,825 sq miles; pop 7 million), independent since 1953 (4) |
| NICARAGUA | Country in Central America (50,338 sq miles; pop 7 million), independent since 1821 (9) |
| SERBIA | Country in south- eastern Europe (29,913 sq miles; pop 7 million), once part of Yugoslavia (6) |
| RANGOON | Former capital city in south-east Asia (pop about 7 million), founded in the 11th century (7) |
| INDIANA | US state (36,418 sq miles; pop about 7 million), nicknamed the Hoosier State (7) |
| IBNSAUD | First king of the largest country in the Middle East (3,4) |
| SPARKLE | Word for glitter, an emission of fiery particles, scintillation, vivacity, the lustre of a diamond or the appearance of effervescence or fizz in champagne or pop (7) |
| BAGHDAD | Capital of Iraq, on the River Tigris, with a population of more than 7 million (7) |
| BHANGRA | Music style of South Asian origin in which Punjabi folk traditions are combined with Western pop (7) |
| ERASURE | Deletion of synth-pop duo seen on Top of the Pops (7) |
| FEATHER | This is light energy in pop (7) |
| STOOGES | The ___, rock band fronted by Iggy Pop (7) |
| SMOTHER | Suppress last of records taken by a lover of pop (7) |
| FREEMAN | Alan, Australian-born British radio DJ nicknamed Fluff and long-time presenter of Pick Of The Pops (7) |
| WANNABE | One aspiring for Spice Girls hit on Top of the Pops (7) |
| ROMANIA | Country in the centre of Europe madness (7) |
| PINETUM | Conifer plantation upsetting mum and pop (7) |
| FLIPPED | Got angry when female fibbed, hiding case of pop (7) |
