| JIANGSU | Third-smallest by area and most densely populated of the 22 provinces of China; capital, Nanjing (7) |
| MANHATTAN | The oldest and the most densely populated of the five boroughs of New York City |
| SALVADOR | San ___, capital of the smallest and most densely populated country in Central America (8) |
| MANITOBA | Smallest by area of the three Prairie provinces of Canada, known as the Keystone Province (8) |
| TINIEST | Smallest by far |
| HUNAN | Province of China; capital Changsha (5) |
| OKINAWA | The smallest and least populated of the five main islands of Japan (7) |
| LIGURIA | Third-smallest region of Italy, comprising the provinces of Genoa, Imperia, La Spezia and Savona (7) |
| SAGITTA | Third-smallest of the constellations, in the northern hemisphere between Cygnus and Aquila; the Arrow (7) |
| TRIPURA | Third-smallest state of India, on the eastern border of Bangladesh; capital, Agartala (7) |
| SICHUAN | Second-largest province of China by area, in the south-west in the upper Yangtze River valley (7) |
| BAVARIA | Former kingdom which is Germany's second-largest state both by area and population (7) |
| RWANDAN | Native of Africa's most densely populated mainland country |
| GUIZHOU | Province of China whose capital and largest city is Guiyang (7) |
| XUCHANG | City in central China, capital in the Han Dynasty (7) |
| JIANGXI | Inland province of SE China; capital, Nanchang (7) |
| EGYPT | Consisting of 90 per cent desert, the most-populated of the Arab countries, site of the Great Sphinx, Abu Simbel and Great Pyramid of Giza (5) |
| AUGUSTA | Third-smallest state capital |
| NANKEEN | Pale yellowish cloth originally from Nanjing, China (7) |
| CHINESE | From Chengdu or Nanjing, eg (7) |
