| SOLOMONSSEAL | Flowering plant of Asia, in the genus Polygonatum (8,4) |
| STATES | At least yams cultivated in part of Asia in the past (5,6) |
| MALAY | At least yams cultivated in part of Asia in the past (5,6) |
| BORNEO | Largest island of Asia, in the W Pacific between the Sulu and Java Seas (6) |
| TARO | Tropical plant of Asia and Africa (Colocasia esculenta) cultivated for its edible rootstock; also called dasheen and cocoyam (4) |
| BETEL | Climbing plant of Asia |
| SOLOMON | Plant of the genus polygonatum, - - -'s seal (7) |
| INDIANOCEAN | Large area of sea bordered by Africa in the West, Asia in the North and Australia in the East (6,5) |
| INDIAN | The --- Ocean is bordered by Africa in the West and Asia in the North (6) |
| PHILIPPINES | The ---, island country in South East Asia, in the western Pacific Ocean (11) |
| MALAYALAM | Language is one spoken in Asia in the style of Mandarin primarily (9) |
| GOBI | Second-largest desert of Asia, in southern Mongolia and northern China (4) |
| PRESTER | - John, famous Christian emperor of Asia in medieval legend (7) |
| MARCOPOLO | Venetian merchant who explored Asia in the 13th century (5,4) |
| MUNTJAC | Deer introduced to England from Asia in the 1920s (7) |
| SEAL | Solomon's - - - -, name commonly given to a plant of the polygonatum genus (4) |
| VENICE | It is an island city that was once the centre of a maritime republic. It was the greatest seaport in late medieval Europe and the continent's commercial and cultural link to Asia. In Much Ado About No |
| NARCISSUS | Flowering plant of the daffodil family, in the UK usually associated with spring, it can bloom in early February in Mallorca (9) |
| ALSATIA | Heart of Italy confused with Asia in old part of Europe |
| IONIANSEA | Body of water is in Asia in one translation (6,3) |
