| BELGAE | The name of a country which declared independence in 1830 came from this ancient tribal confederation |
| ESTONIA | European country which declared independence in 1918 and had it restored in 1991 (7) |
| BOEOTIA | Hesiod and Pindar came from this ancient Greek province |
| GREECE | European country which gained full independence in 1830 |
| ASSYRIANS | Inhabitants of a country which the Romans called Noricum (9) |
| UKRAINE | Country which declared independence in 1990, recognized 1991 (7) |
| HUNDRED | Figure an ancient tribal doctor to be named Edward (7) |
| BIAFRA | Region of Nigeria which declared independence in 1967, causing a civil war in which two million civilians died (6) |
| DEGAULLE | Which leader said "how can you govern a country which has 246 varieties of cheese?" (2,6) |
| EXPAT | Someone living in a country which is not their own (5) |
| SOMALILAND | Unrecognised country in the Horn of Africa which declared independence from Somalia in 1991 (10) |
| CHARLESLYELL | In 1830-33, this geologist publishes Principles of Geology, followed in 1838 by Elements of Geology, in which he demonstrates that the processes that changed the earth in the past are continuing. What |
| CROATIA | Southeast European country formerly a part of Yugoslavia, declared independence in 1991 (7) |
| HUNGARY | Country which declared its independence from Austria in 1849 (7) |
| BOLIVIA | South American country which declared war on Germany in 1943 but took no actual part in World War II (7) |
| RHODESIA | Former name of the southern African country that unilaterally declared independence from Britain in 1965 (8) |
| BURMA | Former name of a country on the Bay of Bengal known as Myanmar since 1989, site of Inle Lake where fishermen row and fish on one leg (5) |
| KOSOVO | Former province of Serbia that declared independence in 2008, capital Pristina (6) |
| IRONAGE | Danebury in Hampshire is a hill fort from this ancient period (4,3) |
| HOOKE | The English scientist who formulated the Law of Elasticity came from this village near Beaminster (5) |
