| LEEKUANYEW | Prime minister of Singapore from 1959-90 (3,4,3) |
| LEEKUAN | Prime minister of Singapore from 1959 to 1990 (3,4,3) |
| YEW | Prime minister of Singapore from 1959 to 1990 (3,4,3) |
| ELECTRA | Model name for Buick's successful 1959-'90 full-size luxury car, built in six main generations over that period (7) |
| LEE | ___ Kuan Yew, first prime minister of Singapore |
| GOHCHOKTONG | Followed Lee Kuan Yew to become the second prime minister of Singapore? (3,4,4) |
| LAWRENCE | Fourth Prime Minister of Singapore, succeeding Lee Hsien Loong on 15 May 2024 (8) |
| WONG | Fourth Prime Minister of Singapore, succeeding Lee Hsien Loong on 15 May 2024 (4) |
| RAWALPINDI | Interim capital of Pakistan from 1959-69 (10) |
| CARTWRIGHT | Family in the TV series Bonanza, which ran from 1959 to 1973 (10) |
| IRINAPRESS | Soviet athlete who, with her sister Tamara, set 26 world records from 1959. 1966 before they both suddenly retired (5,5) |
| MERLION | Official mascot of Singapore, which has the head of a lion and body of a fish (7) |
| RAFFLES | Thomas Stamford ?, founder of the city of Singapore (7) |
| MALACCA | Strait of ___, west of Singapore |
| ORCHIDIST | An aficionado of the flower used as a national symbol of Singapore (9) |
| THOMASRAFFLES | First cousin to the founding governor of Singapore, which Congregational Minister published Lectures on Practical Religion (1820) |
| MALAYS | Indigenous people of Singapore |
| SITE | Place it within the borders of Singapore |
| MALAY | National language of Singapore |
| STAMFORD | -- Raffles, the founder of Singapore (8) |
