| VELA | Southern constellation (Latin, 'the Sails') formerly part of the larger constellation Argo Navis along with Carina ('the Keel') and Puppis ('the Stern') (4) |
| NEVADA | Most of this state was formerly part of the Territory of Utah |
| CARINA | Once a part of Argo Navis with Puppis and Vela, the Keel constellation containing the supergiant Canopus (6) |
| RED | Texas' ___ River, formerly part of the U.S./Mexico border |
| PENANG | Which Malaysian island was formerly part of the Straits Settlements? (6) |
| ARMENIA | Republic, formerly part of the Soviet Union (7) |
| ABERDEENSHIRE | Scottish county, formerly part of the Grampian region |
| ONCE | Formerly part of the distribution centre (4) |
| CORFU | Greek island, formerly part of the Venetian empire |
| ULNAE | Plural of the larger of the two bones of the forearm (5) |
| PARSI | A member of the larger of the two Zoroastrian communities of the Indian subcontinent |
| HYDEPARK | Formerly part of Kensington Gardens and Henry VIII's deer chase, 350 acres of land divided by the Serpentine and the Long Water lakes in London (4,4) |
| KOSOVO | Pristina is the capital of this country, formerly part of Yugoslavia (6) |
| SUNNI | A member of the larger of the two main sects of Islam (5) |
| SUDETENLAND | A mountainous region of the North Czech Republic, formerly part of Czechoslovakia and occupied by Germany during World War II (11) |
| ALNAFUD | The name for the northern portion of the larger Arabian Desert. It lies at an average elevation of 3,000 feet (900 metres) and covers about 25,000 square miles (65,000 square km). (2,5) |
| JEROME | Saint best known for his translation of the Bible into Latin (the Vulgate) |
| CANTO | What is one of the larger divisions of a long poem (5) |
| GREATER | A grouping of the larger islands in the Caribbean Sea, including Cuba and Hispaniola (7,8) |
| ANTILLES | A grouping of the larger islands in the Caribbean Sea, including Cuba and Hispaniola (7,8) |
