| MEKONG | River of SE Asia that forms part of the border between Laos and its western neighbours Myanmar and Thailand (6) |
| STRAITS | Former British crown colony of SE Asia that included Penang, Singapore and Labuan (7,11) |
| TEAK | Verbenaceous tree of India and SE Asia that yields a hard durable timber; Tectona grandis (4) |
| ANDAMANSEA | A part of the Northeastern Indian Ocean bounded by the coastlines of Myanmar and Thailand (7,3) |
| DHOLE | Fierce wild dog of the forests of central and southeast Asia that hunts in packs. |
| LAO | Of or relating to a member of the Buddhist people inhabiting the Mekong river in Laos and Thailand. |
| INYO | County that is home to Death Valley and has Mount Whitney on its western border |
| BETEL | Asian climbing plant, the leaves and nut of which are chewed by the peoples of SE Asia (5) |
| ISERE | River of SE France that merges with the Rhone near Valence (5) |
| YUNNAN | Province of China on the border with Vietnam, Laos, and Burma (Myanmar) (6) |
| INDUS | River of southeast Asia |
| MEKON | 2,700-mile river of Southeast Asia |
| VIETNAM | ____ War, conflict in Southeast Asia that included the Tet Offensive of 1968 (7) |
| INDOCHINA | Colonial name for Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia, which references the names of two different nearby countries |
| MONTANA | The Bitterroot Range is on its western border |
| LUCERNE | Lake named after the Swiss city that lies at its western end (7) |
| IDA | State that abuts Wash. and Ore. on its western side |
| BRILL | Tramway named after the village at its western end in the Aylesbury Vale |
| INDONESIA | Republic in southeast Asia that is made up of islands (9) |
| HIMALAYAN | That fellow coming from part of SE Asia, avoiding mass of mountains (9) |
