| NEPAL | Republic of S Asia that was the world's only Hindu kingdom until its monarchy was abolished in 2008 (5) |
| ITALY | Country that abolished its monarchy following a referendum in 1946 and became a republic (5) |
| KINGCHARLES | The English monarchy was (temporarily) abolished after the execution of this ruler (4,7) |
| SRI | -- Lanka, republic of S. Asia (3) |
| ARMENIA | Landlocked country in the Caucasus of western Asia that was a constituent republic of the Soviet Union from 1936 to 1991 (7) |
| IKAT | Derived from a Malay word meaning to tie/bind, a traditional method of warp dyeing/weaving in Central Asia that was a favourite of the late Oscar de la Renta (4) |
| MYRRH | Tree of Africa and S Asia that exudes a resin used in perfume and medicine (5) |
| DIPPERS | Ladles; snacks such as goujons for dunking in a sauce; water ouzels, the world's only aquatic songbirds; or, assistants historically employed to help bathers in and out of the sea |
| MEXICO | Until 2017, which country was the unlikely home to the world's only Cornish pasty museum? (6) |
| MADAGASCAR | Island off the coast of Mozambique that is home to the world's only lemur population |
| EMPIRESTATE | ___ Building, the New York skyscraper that was the world's tallest building until 1971 (6,5) |
| PANGOLIN | Depicted in a collection by Patrick Mavros, the world's only scaly mammal and most hunted animal in existence (8) |
| CUTTY | - Sark; named after a character in the poem Tam O'Shanter by Robert Burns, the world's only surviving tea clipper (5) |
| MARSHALSEA | Prison for debtors situated in Southwark, London that was abolished in 1842 (10) |
| PASHA | What title for a governor or high official was abolished in Turkey in 1934? (5) |
| WABASH | City in Indiana that was the world's first lit wholly by electric light (6) |
| CNTOWER | Iconic landmark in Canada that was the world's tallest self-supporting manmade structure from 1974-2010 (1,1,5) |
| TITANIC | Liner depicted in a film by James Cameron with Kate Winslet that was the world's largest passenger ship (7) |
| STARCHAMBER | The Privy Council sitting as a court of equity that was abolished 1641 (4,7) |
| SEAHORSE | Known collectively as a herd, the monogamous marine fish Hippocampus which is one of the world's only species to experience true male pregnancy (8) |
