| MYSORE | What is the former name of the state of Karnataka? (6) |
| GOA | Which state of western India is bordered on the east and south by Karnataka? (3) |
| BANGALORE | Old name for the capital of the state of Karnataka in India (9) |
| BOMBAY | What is the former name of India's largest city, Mumbai (6) |
| CEYLON | What is the former name of Sri Lanka? (6) |
| ORISSA | Former name of the state of Odisha in India (6) |
| AGANA | What is the former name of the capital of the United States territory of Guam? (5) |
| INCHON | What is the former English spelling for Seoul's main port? (6) |
| ZAIRE | What is the former name of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (1971-1997) |
| FORMOSASTRAIT | Also once known as the Black Ditch, what is the former name of the Taiwan Strait? (7,6) |
| RANGOON | What is the former name of the capital of Burma? (7) |
| BEZWADA | What is the former name of the Indian city where the Prakasam barrage, a long road bridge, crosses t |
| CASABA | Melon coming from the name of the former name of Turgutlu, a town in Turkey |
| SMYRNA | The former name of the Turkish city of Izmir (6) |
| STUART | What was the former name of Alice Springs (6) |
| PERSIA | What was the former name of Iran (6) |
| CANTON | The former name of Guangdong province, after which a Chinese language is named (6) |
| PERA | What is the former name for Beyoglu, a district on the European side of Istanbul? (4) |
| KODAGU | Administrative district in Karnataka, India, also known by its anglicised former name of Coorg |
| SAIGON | The former name of Ho Chi Minh City (6) |
