| MOROCCO | Easily seen from across the Strait of Gibraltar, this country is the only monarchy in northern Africa. |
| SOUTHAFRICA | Which country is the only one on the world to have three capital cities? (5,6) |
| SLATTERY | Fergus, Irish rugby union flanker who played in all four Tests on the 1974 Lions tour of South Afric |
| CHAPPELLE | Comedian Dave who walked away from a $50 million contract for his sketch show to spend time in Afric |
| PROMINENCE | Projection most easily seen from a high point (10) |
| NORWAY | Constitutional monarchy in Northern Europe (6) |
| DENMARK | Constitutional monarchy in northern Europe (7) |
| INDONESIA | The Rice Harvest Festival in this country is held in honour of Dewi Sri, the deity of rice and fertility |
| TIERRADELFUEGO | An archipelago off the southernmost tip of South America, across the Strait of Magellan (6,3,5) |
| ATLANTIS | A legendary island in the Atlantic Ocean, lying west of the Strait of Gibraltar. The principal sources for the legend are two of Plato's dialogues, Timaeus and Critias. (9) |
| PILLARS | The ___ of Hercules: name given by the ancient Greeks to the promontories on either side of the Strait of Gibraltar (7) |
| IRAN | Country across the Strait of Hormuz from Oman |
| PHILIPPINES | In which country is the Kadayawan Festival is celebrated each year in Davao as a thanksgiving for the gifts of nature among others? |
| RAZORBILL | Sea bird that is a species of auk with a long, slender face; to reach the Balearic Islands from its northern breeding grounds it follows the western Iberian coastline and turns at the Strait of Gibral |
| ALB | It's across the Strait of Otranto from It. |
| LABRADOR | It's across the Strait of Belle Isle from Newfoundland |
| CHARYBDIS | Sea creature who lived across the Strait of Messina from Scylla |
| NEPAL | Kathmandu is the principal city of this new republic, once a monarchy, in the Himalayas |
| ETHIOPIA | This landlocked country is the largest and most populated on the Horn of Africa. |
| SANMARINO | Small republic situated on the slopes of Mount Titano, on the Adriatic side of central Italy. This country is landlocked and surrounded by Italy. (3,6) |
