| MANGO | National fruit of the Philippines |
| PERSIMMON | The national fruit of Japan, the kaki, is a variety of it |
| APRICOT | Downy yellow fruit, the national fruit of Armenia (7) |
| ACKEE | The national fruit of Jamaica (5) |
| AKEE | National fruit of Jamaica (4) |
| PEAR | National fruit of Genovia |
| ACKIE | National fruit of Jamaica mentioned by Small Axe actor Naomi (5) |
| ACKEES | National fruits of Jamaica |
| SULUSEA | Arm of the W Pacific encircled by the NE coast of Borneo and the western islands of the Philippines (4,3) |
| LUZON | Largest island of the Philippines, separated from the others of the group by the Sibuyan Sea (5) |
| LENI | The first name of the vice President of the Philippines |
| MARCOS | Ferdinand _, president of the Republic of the Philippines from 1965 until he was ousted by the People Power Revolution in 1986 (6) |
| MANILA | Name the capital of the Republic of the Philippines (6) |
| MINDANAO | Southernmost of the major islands of the Philippines, and the second-largest after Luzon (8) |
| TAGALOG | One of the main languages of the Philippines (7) |
| IMELDA | One of the Marcoses of the Philippines |
| ADOBO | The national dish of the Philippines (5) |
| SAMAR | Third- largest island of the Philippines, separated from Luzon to the north- west by the San Bernardino Strait (5) |
| CITY | Capital of the Central Visayas region of the Philippines (4,4) |
| CEBU | Capital of the Central Visayas region of the Philippines (4,4) |
