| MERENGUE | Dance from the Dominican Republic (8) |
| ALHORFORD | The 36-year-old from the Dominican Republic who joined the NBA in 2007 but didn't get a chance to play in the finals till 2022. (2,7) |
| CALYPSOMERENGUE | Music from Trinidad / from the Dominican Republic |
| ALOU | Baseball family from the Dominican Republic |
| TRUJILLO | Dictator of the Dominican Republic from 1930 to 1961, nicknamed El Jefe (Spanish, 'the boss') (6,8) |
| BALAGUER | Joaquin ___, Dominican statesman; president of the Dominican Republic 1960-62, 1966-78 and 1986-96 (8) |
| PALMCHAT | Small long-tailed bird in the genus Dulus; national bird of the Dominican Republic |
| OPERETTA | To repeat dance from The Mikado (8) |
| TIMEWARP | The ___, dance from The Rocky Horror Picture Show (4,4) |
| HABANERA | Cuban dance from the composer Bizet used in the opera as a song for his heroine, Carmen |
| IRISHJIG | Dance from the Emerald Isle (5,3) |
| RAFAEL | Dictator of the Dominican Republic from 1930 to 1961, nicknamed El Jefe (Spanish, 'the boss') (6,8) |
| LAISABELA | Village in the Dominican Republic, founded by Christopher Columbus in 1493, considered the first formal European settlement in the New World |
| HAITI | Country in the Caribbean that occupies the island of Hispaniola with the Dominican Republic (5) |
| SANTO | The remains of Christopher Columbus are believed to lie in the Cathedral of Santa Maria la Menor in the Dominican Republic's capital, ... Domingo |
| SANTODOMINGO | The capital and largest city of the Dominican Republic (5,7) |
| HISPANIOLA | Divided between Haiti and the Dominican Republic, the second largest Caribbean island after Cuba (10) |
| DOMINGO | The capital and chief port of the Dominican Republic (5,7) |
| PESO | The monetary unit of Bolivia, the Dominican Republic, Mexico, etc. (4) |
| DIA | A day in the Dominican Republic |
