| VANUATU | South Pacific island country, the capital of which is Port Vila (7) |
| UKRAINE | The second-largest European country, the capital of which is Kyiv (7) |
| WESTERN | Name until 1997 of the sovereign Pacific Island country whose capital is Apia (7,5) |
| FANZINE | Article on Pacific island country featured in excellent publication |
| FIJI | South Pacific island country on the International Date Line, capital Suva (4) |
| TURKEY | Country, the capital of which is Ankara (6) |
| SLOVAKIA | Central European country, the capital of which is Bratislava (8) |
| CAMBODIA | Asian country, the capital of which is Phnom Penh (8) |
| AUSTRALIA | Country, the capital of which is Canberra (9) |
| AFGHANISTAN | Central Asian country, the capital of which is Kabul (11) |
| BURMA | This country, the capital of which is Rangoon, became a republic on January 4, 1948 |
| SLOVENIA | Central European country, the capital of which is Ljubljana (8) |
| SAMOA | South Pacific island country where Robert Louis Stevenson died and is buried (5) |
| KIRIBATI | Pacific island country which is one of the first to see in the New Year (8) |
| PAPUA | Country making up the eastern half of the island of New Guinea; its capital is Port Moresby. |
| NAURU | South Pacific island country |
| TUVALU | South Pacific island country |
| IRAN | A country the capital of India controlled |
| TONGA | South Pacific islands country |
| FALKLANDISLANDS | British overseas territory in the South Atlantic Ocean whose capital is Port Stanley (8,7) |
