| KAZAKH | Native of large landlocked country in Central Asia |
| ARABIAN | Native of large tracts of the Middle East (7) |
| AFGHANISTAN | Mountainous landlocked country in central Asia (11) |
| UZBEKISTAN | Country in Central Asia where Tashkent is the capital |
| GALATIA | An ancient country in central Asia Minor (7) |
| KYRGYZSTAN | Mountainous country in central Asia (10) |
| TAJIKISTAN | Country in central Asia that includes the Fann Mountains (10) |
| CZECHREPUBLIC | Landlocked country in Central Europe, established as a state in 1993 (5,8) |
| CHAD | Landlocked country in Central Africa |
| HUNGARY | Landlocked country in Central Europe |
| ZAMBIA | Landlocked country in central Africa (6) |
| SWISS | Relating to a landlocked country in central Europe, (pop about 8.7 million) (5) |
| SEA | In a space as wild as this large landlocked salt lake (7,3) |
| CASPIAN | In a space as wild as this large landlocked salt lake (7,3) |
| IPSUS | In 301 BC, which ancient village in central Asia Minor, in Phrygia, was the scene of a battle between the successors of Alexander the Great? (5) |
| TIBET | Historical region covering much of a large Plateau in Central Asia, as found in cacti betting! (5) |
| KARAKUM | Great sandy region in Central Asia lying south of the Amu Darya river and occupying about 70 percent of the area of Turkmenistan. (7) |
| KHAN | Title of respect in central Asia (for a descendant of Genghis?) (4) |
| POLS | Citizen of a country in central Europe (120,733 sq miles; pop 38 million . It joined the EU in 2004 (4) |
| SANSALVADOR | Capital city of a country in Central America (3,8) |
