| AFARS | French Territory of the ___, name of present-day Djibouti from 1967-77 (5,3,5) |
| ANDISSAS | French Territory of the -, name of present-day Djibouti from 1967-77 (3,5) |
| RISINGSUN | Land of the ____ , name given to Japan (6,3) |
| WATERHOLE | The __, name of the pub in Erinsborough (9) |
| ASHES | The ___"; name of an urn originally presented to cricketer Ivo Bligh (5) |
| SANTA | Nick name of present day hero (5) |
| WENG | Will who was the New York Times Crossword editor from 1967-77 |
| RENOWN | HMS ___, name of eight ships of the Royal Navy, the last of which was a Resolution-class submarine launched in 1967 and paid off in 1996 |
| NOUMEA | Main city of a bit of French territory that's in the middle of the Pacific |
| SPLENDID | HMS ___, name of four ships of the Royal Navy, the last of which, a submarine, was decommissioned in |
| CHEST | Community ___; name of one of the two sets of cards in Monopoly with special instructions (5) |
| LEVANT | The ___, name by which the area of the Mediterranean now occupied by Syria, Lebanon and Israel was f |
| PEACEMAKER | 'The ___', name for the Colt SAA, also known as 'The Gun That Won The West' (10) |
| CALEDONIA | French territory in the Melanesian region of the Pacific, New ... |
| PETRA | Ancient city in the south of present-day Jordan that was capital of the Nabataean kingdom (5) |
| ADJUSTMENT | Regulation of present-day fair-minded fellows before the start of the trial (10) |
| AXIS | The ___, name given to the alliance of Nazi Germany, Italy and Japan formalised by the 1940 Tripartite Pact (4) |
| CABRIOLET | One way to travel from California to South American city over heart of Caribbean and the French Territory (9) |
| NEEDLEANDTHREAD | ___-___-___ (name of the grass emblem of Saskatchewan) |
| MONTBLANC | Highest peak in Western Europe, the summit of which is in French territory (4,5) |