| ORTH | Of the Eastern Ch. |
| HAWKEBAY | Section of the eastern coast of the North Island of New Zealand stretching from the Mahia Peninsula in the northeast to Cape Kidnappers/Te Kauwae-a-Maui in the southwest |
| BHUTAN | Meaning "land of the thunder dragon", landlocked kingdom in the foothills of the eastern Himalayas with the capital Thimphu (6) |
| SCHISM | The ___ of 1054 marked the final separation of the Eastern churches and the Western church |
| ELNINO | Occasional warming of the eastern tropical Pacific that disrupts the weather pattern of the region ( |
| NUNAVUT | Territory of Canada created in 1999 out of the eastern portion of the Northwest Territories |
| MARYLAND | State of the eastern US, on the Atlantic, the capital of which is Annapolis (8) |
| DOVERSOLE | Species of edible flatfish living on the seabed of the eastern Atlantic Ocean and the Mediterranean Sea (5,4) |
| GRANPARADISO | Mountain in NW Italy; highest point of the Eastern group of the Graian Alps (4,8) |
| XHOSA | Language of the Nguni people of the Eastern Cape (5) |
| NYASA | Third-largest and second-deepest lake of Africa, forming most of the eastern border of Malawi with Tanzania and Mozambique (5) |
| CICADAS | Loud insects swarming much of the Eastern U.S. this month after their standard 17-year dormancy; some of the many sounds they make begin our four theme entries |
| LANINA | Meteorological counterpart of El Nino, marked by the cooling of the eastern tropical Pacific; Spanish, 'little girl' (2,4) |
| NEWGUINEA | Large island of the eastern Malay Archipelago, in the western Pacific Ocean, north of Australia. It was once known as Irian Jaya. |
| LUALABA | River of the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo on which Ankoro stands (7) |
| OLDDRAGONSHEAD | Section of the eastern end of this puzzle's landmark, so named for its resemblance to a mythical beast drinking from the sea |
| ERA | The age of the eastern artist (3) |
| OLGA | ___ of Kiev (Saint of the Eastern Orthodox Church) |
| GRANITEBEDROCK | Nova Scotia: Some of the Eastern Shore is composed of this rugged stuff: 2 wds. |
| BYZANTIUM | Ancient city which became the capital of the Eastern Roman empire and later Istanbul (9) |
