| HOCHIMINH | In 1975 Saigon was renamed after this former North Vietnamese leader (2,3,4) |
| BRUCE | Taupo Motorsport Park was renamed after this New Zealander in 2015 (5,7) |
| MCLAREN | Taupo Motorsport Park was renamed after this New Zealander in 2015 (5,7) |
| HOCHI | Saigon was renamed ... Minh City after Vietnam's post-war leader (2,3) |
| HAROLD | The general store on the Lassiters site is named after this former Ramsay Street resident (6) |
| AUG | Mo. that was called Sextilis until it was renamed after a Roman emperor |
| ELIZABETHII | The airport in Le Touquet, France, will soon be renamed after this Englishwoman, who vacationed at the seaside town as a young woman |
| ZUIDERZEE | Former North Sea inlet of the Netherlands |
| HARRYREID | Senator after whom Las Vegas's airport was renamed in 2021 |
| ELIHUYALE | For whom the Collegiate School was renamed in 1718 |
| BYZANTIUM | Ancient Greek city which was renamed Constantinople and then Istanbul (9) |
| REGWATSON | The Midland Road was renamed Crossroads by Australian TV producer ____ |
| TONKIN | In 1964, President Johnson falsely claimed that North Vietnamese forces had twice attacked American |
| FEDERATION | Team tennis cup renamed after Billie Jean King in 2020 (10) |
| STETSONS | Hats from the South, considered offensive by North Vietnamese children (8) |
| VERYLARGEARRAY | Radio astronomy observatory on the Plains of San Agustin, New Mexico, officially renamed after Karl G Jansky in 2012 |
| ASHE | Former North Carolina governor after whom a city is named |
| BARC | Org., formally known as AEET and renamed after its founder's demise |
| HEAVEHO | Have included egg-headed Vietnamese leader in dismissal (5-2) |
| NOSE | Sixth sense of North Vietnamese banks (4) |
