| NORTHBORNEO | Former name of the Malaysian state of Sabah |
| BORNEO | Pacific island which houses the Malaysian states of Sabah and Sarawak (6) |
| SHAHALAM | Capital of the Malaysian state of Selangor, known historically as Sungai Renggam (4,4) |
| KOTAKINABALU | Port in Malaysia, the capital of Sabah state on the South China Sea (4,8) |
| BRUNEI | Country on the North coast of the island of Borneo, surrounded by the Malaysian state of Sarawak (6) |
| JOHOR | The Malaysian state closest to Singapore |
| DYAK | A member of the Malaysian people of the interior of Borneo noted for their long houses (4) |
| SEN | Subunit of the Malaysian ringgit |
| SARAWAK | A Malaysian state on the North West Coast of the island of Borneo (7) |
| EMIRS | Powerful figures in the House of al-Sabah |
| SULUSEA | Body of water between Sabah and the Phillippines (4,3) |
| PENANG | Former name of Malaysian state capital, George Town |
| GUTTAPERCHA | Golf ball material made from the Malaysian sapodilla plant |
| SARONGS | Draped, skirt-like garments, from the Malaysian word for 'sheath' (7) |
| DATUK | Federal title bestowed by the Malaysian federal government |
| KNEEL | Submit to being born in the Malaysian capital (5) |
| SINGAPORE | Asian republic separated from the Malaysian mainland by Johore Strait (9) |
| SYRIA | Home country of singers George Wassouf and Sabah Fakhri |
| EMIR | Jaber al-Ahmed al-Sabah of Kuwait, e.g. |
| SABAH | This Malaysian state is known as the Land Below the Wind |
