| BACHATA | Music and dance genre originating in the Dominican Republic and containing Spanish and African elements (7) |
| ISOTOPE | As knowledge of nuclear physics increased this term was needed to describe an atom of the same eleme |
| EURODISCO | Dance genre originating in places like France and Italy |
| MERENGUE | Type of lively dance music originating in the Dominican Republic (8) |
| PESO | Official currency of The Dominican Republic and also some countries in South America |
| DISCO | 1970s music and dance genre (5) |
| HISPANIOLA | Which island is divided into the Dominican Republic and Haiti? (10) |
| RUMBA | Dance with Spanish and African elements, originating in Cuba (5) |
| CREOLES | People of mixed Spanish and African American blood |
| REGGAE | Music genre originating in Jamaica in the 1960s, largely developed from ska and rocksteady (6) |
| GRIME | Music genre originating in East London in the early 2000s, characterised by electronic sounds and hip-hop vocals (5) |
| LAISABELA | Village in the Dominican Republic, founded by Christopher Columbus in 1493, considered the first formal European settlement in the New World |
| SKA | Music genre originating in Jamaica in the 1960s, a forerunner of reggae (3) |
| SANTO | The remains of Christopher Columbus are believed to lie in the Cathedral of Santa Maria la Menor in the Dominican Republic's capital, ... Domingo |
| MEDULLA | And 29 Lowermost part of the brain, continuous with the spinal cord and containing control centres for the heart and lungs (7,9) |
| MENSA | A faint constellation in the polar region of the southern hemisphere and containing part of the Large Magellanic Cloud. |
| ALHORFORD | 5-time NBA All-Star center born in the Dominican Republic: 2 wds. |
| OBLONGATA | Lowermost part of the brain, continuous with the spinal cord and containing control centres for the heart and lungs (7,9) |
| STUDLEY | The ___ Royal Water Garden, in North Yorkshire near Harrogate and containing the ruins of Fountains Abbey, was designated a UNESCO World Heritage site in 1986. (7) |
| BOOTES | From the Greek meaning "ox-driver" and containing the orange giant Arcturus, the Herdsman constellation (6) |
