| ROMANOV | Russian dynasty with country in range, dropping back (7) |
| MALAWI | American women in Lima unfamiliar with country in Africa (6) |
| ERITREA | Exhaust having backfired, evident dropping back in African country (7) |
| FLACCID | Slack police department going after learner driver in fact dropping back (7) |
| AROUSAL | Artist turned round, with country left in excitement (7) |
| BOKDROL | (A)Dropping back, peer gets fish (7) |
| REFUSAL | No judge goes along with country yokel, ultimately (7) |
| STAMINA | Dropping back, short of energy, revitalises, showing fortitude |
| TENDRIL | Runner from a number training, dropping back |
| ROMANO | Russian dynasty very put out? Hard cheese! |
| HAFIZ | First of a Pakistani batting dynasty, with a dozen Test tons (5) |
| EPIPHANY | Line up dynasty with Asian money for church festival (8) |
| MINGLE | Mix Chinese dynasty with the French (6) |
| TANG | Chinese dynasty (with taste?) (4) |
| MINGLING | Mixing the dynasty with the fish (8) |
| HANDOUTS | Notes reporting Chinese dynasty with some misgivings |
| ZHOU | Longest-running Chinese dynasty, with a reign of nearly eight centuries |
| HAPSBURG | Austrian dynasty with a distinctive hereditary jaw |
| ECCO | In Italy, there's football with wings dropping back |
| ROMANOVS | Longtime Russian dynasty members |
