| ANTIGUA | Island that forms the name of a country with Barbuda |
| TOBAGO | Island that forms the name of a country with Trinidad |
| KEY | Part of a piano (which, with 29-Across, forms the name of a different instrument) |
| TREE | Word linking with "house" to form the name of a structure built in boughs as a lookout, a play area for children, occasional retreat or workspace (4) |
| PTERO | Word prefixed to "saur" to form the name of a flying reptile of the Triassic and Cretaceous periods |
| ANTI | Word linking with "body" to form the name of a protein also known as immunoglobulin (4) |
| ALPHA | The first Greek letter - with beta it forms the name we give to our set of letters |
| ONTARIO | The most-populous of the 10 provinces of a country with a maple leaf as its main national symbol (7) |
| SAINTKITTS | Caribbean island that forms a country with Nevis |
| LAPLANDER | Native of a country with a lot of racing circuits? (9) |
| PSALM | Swiss -; the national anthem of a country with no official capital (5) |
| HOPELESSSTATE | Deplorable condition of a country with no future (8,5) |
| ANTIGUAN | From a Caribbean island paired with Barbuda (8) |
| BURMA | Former name of a country on the Bay of Bengal known as Myanmar since 1989, site of Inle Lake where fishermen row and fish on one leg (5) |
| KITTS | Saint _, Caribbean island that forms a Federation with Nevis (5) |
| ABYSSINIA | Chasm in the centre of Siam, a country with a new name (9) |
| TRINIDAD | Island forming a country with Tobago; birthplace of the steel drum and the novelist V. S. Naipaul (8) |
| BELGAE | The name of a country which declared independence in 1830 came from this ancient tribal confederation |
| CHET | First name of a country legend |
| PANAMA | Name of a country, canal and hat |
