| SCAMANDER | River of the land of Troy, now known as the Menderes (9) |
| ISRAELITE | Inhabitant of the land of Jesus (9) |
| SEIGNEURS | Lords of the lands of New France in early Canadian history |
| ZAIRE | Former name of the African state now known as the Democratic Republic of the Congo (5) |
| ABYSSINIA | Former name of the country now known as Ethiopia (9) |
| SWAZILAND | Former name of a landlocked African country, now known as Eswatini (9) |
| MERCIA | Anglo-Saxon kingdom covering the region now known as the Midlands (6) |
| MACAU | This part of China, once a Portuguese territory, is now known as the ... Special Administrative Region |
| FLANDERS | Medieval country now known as the Dutch-speaking region of Belgium (8) |
| BURMA | Nation on the Bay of Bengal (now known as the Union of Myanmar) |
| LACCADIVE | Island now known as Lakshadweep (9) |
| DOMESDAYBOOK | The record of a survey of the land of England carried out by the commissioners of William I in 1086 (8,4) |
| MXMISSILE | Weapon now known as an LGM-118 Peacekeeper |
| EGYPTOLOGY | Study of the archeology and language of the land of the pyramids |
| LEHAR | Surname of the composer of The Land Of Smiles, The Merry Widow, etc. (5) |
| RAC | .. Rally. name of an annual motoring event from 1932 to 1997 now known as the Wales Rally GB (1,1,1) |
| KIROV | Russian ballet company now known as the Mariinsky |
| TRINITY | Holy ___ Church, a redundant church in Watergate, Chester; now known as The Guildhall (7) |
| SHARI | Ubangi-___, former territory now known as the Central African Republic (5) |
| PITT | Card-___ team created by a temporary merger and now known as the Arizona Cardinals |
