| SIND | Province of southeastern Pakistan under British rule, 1936-1955, which included Karachi (4) |
| DOMINIONS | India and Pakistan under British influence, e.g. |
| NOELCOUNIHAN | Noted as a newspaper caricaturist, which artist and member of the Communist Party painted On Parliament Steps (1955), which won the George Crouch Memorial Prize? (4,8) |
| ROSAPARKS | In 1955, which civil rights activist famously refused to give up her bus seat to a white passenger? (4,5) |
| RCA | In 1955, which record company bought out Elvis Presley's Sun record contract? (1,1,1) |
| ADEN | Which port in Yemen was under British control from 1839 to 1967? (4) |
| TITI | Tree of low-lying coastal areas of southeastern United States having glossy leaves and racemes of fragrant white flowers. |
| AMUR | ___ leopard, subspecies of southeastern Russia and northeastern China (4) |
| PINK | 1968 novelty song by The Scaffold, a No. 1 in Britain, which included Reg Dwight (Elton John) on backing vocals (4,3,4) |
| BOPS | Hits military exercises under British (4) |
| ZULU | Bantu language of southeastern Africa (4) |
| IGBO | A people of southeastern Nigeria (4) |
| BROS | English band, formed in 1986, which included brothers Matt and Luke Goss (4) |
| UPAS | Large tree of southeastern Asia also called the ipoh whose sap is used as an arrow poison |
| LBOS | People of southeastern Nigeria |
| GAUR | A massive wild ox, of southeastern Asia. |
| POONA | City in W. India which under British rule served as seasonal capital of the Bombay Presidency (5) |
| RAJ | Under British rule India gave up a vessel (3) |
| SEPOY | Indian soldier serving under British rule (5) |
| TSUSHIMA | Name of the archipelago off the coast of southeastern Japan in the Korea Strait. In 1905 a Russian fleet was defeated by Japan in a battle of the same name, which took place north of the islands. (8) |
