| GRENADA | Island state in the Caribbean, a former British colony which became independent in 1974 (7) |
| ESTONIA | North East European republic on the Gulf of Finland and the Baltic which became independent in 1991 (7) |
| MALAYSIA | Former British colony which refused World Bank and IMF aid packages during the 1997 Asian financial |
| SABA | Small island north- west of St. Kitts in the Caribbean; a self-governing territory of the Netherlands (4) |
| NEVIS | In the Caribbean, a self-governing union between St Kitts and where was created in 1967? (5) |
| EASTTIMOR | Former part of Indonesia which became independent in 2002 (4,5) |
| MALI | African republic which became independent in 1960 (4) |
| STLUCIA | Island state in the Caribbean whose capital is Castries (2,5) |
| JAMAICA | Island and state in the Caribbean (7) |
| ICELAND | Island state in the north Atlantic (7) |
| SAOTOME | Capital of an island state in the Gulf of Guinea (3,4) |
| CROATIA | Republic in the western Balkans, became independent in 1991 |
| SUNBEAM | Name of a former British motor manufacturer included in some Rootes group or Chrysler model names up to 1981 |
| ERITREA | African country that became independent in 1993 (7) |
| ADEN | A secluded place for a former British colony on the Arabian peninsula |
| BARBADOS | Island state in the Caribbean (169 sq miles; pop about 300,000) independent since 1966 (8) |
| RHODESIA | Island south of Greek island, a former British colony (8) |
| NAURU | Smallest island state in the world, in the SW Pacific just south of the equator (5) |
| JAMBALAYA | Cajun dish Juliet baked originally in a former British colony |
| LUCIA | Saint _, volcanic island state in the Caribbean (5) |
