| RAUL | - Castro, former president of Cuba (4) |
| FIDEL | ___ Castro, former president of Cuba (5) |
| OSVALDODORTICOS | Which president of Cuba, holding office from 1959 to 1976, was one of the leaders of the Castro revo |
| CASTRO | Raul ___, president of Cuba (and brother of Fidel) |
| FIDELCASTRO | A primary leader of the Cuban Revolution who served as President of Cuba until 2008 (5,6) |
| BATISTA | Fulgencio -, president of Cuba from 1940-44 and 1952-59 |
| TAFT | President who was once Governor of Cuba |
| CHOP | Cut short journey on the south side of Cuba (4) |
| CASK | Vessel in question south of Cuba, originally (4) |
| ZOBU | Cross interior of Cuba and Australia, heading west |
| ZINC | Anti-corrosion agent unknown in capital of Cuba |
| PESO | Coin of Cuba or Chile |
| OMAR | Acting brother of Cuba Gooding Jr. |
| CUBAN | Of or relating to or characteristic of Cuba or the people of Cuba. |
| DIAZCANEL | First Secretary of the Communist Party of Cuba who succeeded Raul Castro on 19 April 2021 (6,4-5) |
| BAYOFPIGS | Scene of an unsuccessful invasion of Cuba by a CIA-backed group in 1961 (3,2,4) |
| RAULCASTRO | First Secretary of the Communist Party of Cuba from 2011 to 2021 (4,6) |
| HIGHJUMP | Javier Sotomayer of Cuba has held the men's world record in this track and field event since 1993 (4,4) |
| BAHAMAS | Archipelago in the Atlantic north of Cuba, the Commonwealth of the ... |
| CARIBBEANSEA | Body of water that includes the islands of Cuba and Jamaica (9,3) |
