| SSR | Uzbekistan, in 1990 |
| TASHKENT | City that succeeded Samarkand as the capital of Uzbekistan in 1930 (8) |
| INCISOR | In Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan etc, or it's in the north and south of East London? (7) |
| ARALSEA | Lake in Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan that was formerly the fourth largest lake in the world (4,3) |
| SAMARKAND | A city in South East Uzbekistan, conquered by Alexander the Great in 329BC (9) |
| USTYURT | Plateau in Uzbekistan and Kazakhstan, lying between the Aral Sea and the Amu Darya river delta in the east and the Mangyshlak (Tupqarghan) Plateau and the Kara-Bogaz-Gol (Garabogazkol; an inlet of the |
| ARAL | Sea in Uzbekistan |
| KYZYLKUM | Desert in Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan (5,3) |
| TIYIN | Monetary unit of Uzbekistan; a coin worth less than any other in the world (5) |
| TOFU | Food made from beans in heart of Uzbekistan |
| ZERAVSHAN | Mountain range in Tajikistan and Uzbekistan. It extends for more than 230 miles (370 km) east-west parallel to the Turkistan Range, and many of its peaks rise more than 16,500 feet (5,000 metres), the |
| TURKISTAN | Mountain range in Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, and Uzbekistan. Branching off from the Alay Mountains, it extends for 200 miles (320 km) east-west between the Fergana and Zeravshan valleys. Its highest poin |
| BACTRIA | Ancient region spanning parts of modem Afghanistan, Uzbekistan and Tajikistan, probably subdued in the sixth century BC by Persian king Cyrus the Great (7) |
| EURASIA | Vast region, area is spread round capital in Uzbekistan (7) |
| SHAVKAT | Incumbent president of Uzbekistan re-elected for a seven-year term in July 2023 (7,10) |
| MIRZIYOYEV | Incumbent president of Uzbekistan re-elected for a seven-year term in July 2023 (7,10) |
| SSRS | Georgia and Uzbekistan, formerly (abbr.) |
| OSH | Uzbekistan border town |
| NYETS | Uzbekistan uh-uhs |
| SOM | Currency of Uzbekistan (3) |
