| EASTTIMOR | Ex-Portuguese colony annexed by Indonesia, independent since 2002 (4,5) |
| IRIANJAYA | Former name for the western part of New Guinea, annexed by Indonesia in 1962 |
| GOA | Ex-Portuguese colony in W India |
| MACAU | Ex-Portuguese colony near Hong Kong (5) |
| ANGOLA | South-west African country, an ex-Portuguese colony (6) |
| RHINELAND | Area annexed by Nazi Germany in nineteen thirty six |
| CEREBELLA | Thinking parts annexed by France, rebel languished |
| INDONESIA | Country once said to have been annexed by another (9) |
| SCHLESWIG | Former duchy annexed by Prussia in 1864 (9) |
| TIMOR | East ___ (land annexed by Indonesia) |
| PORTUGAL | Until it was annexed by Indonesia, East Timor was an overseas province of this European nation |
| CAPEVERDE | Which former Portuguese colony off the westernmost point of Africa became independent in 1975? (4,5) |
| THESSALIA | A region of east-central Greece (5,412 sq miles; pop 733,000), annexed by Greece in 1881 (9) |
| WEST | Portion of New Guinea appropriated by Indonesia (4,5) |
| TEAK | Hardwood exported by Indonesia, Malaysia and Myanmar (4) |
| ONES | Individuals in India abandoned by Indonesia (4) |
| MUDIRIEH | Governor's office unmoved about independence declaration by Indonesia |
| GEOTHERMAL | The US is the biggest producer of this type of energy, followed by Indonesia and the Philippines (10) |
| TRIESTE | Adriatic port, Habsburg since 1382, annexed by Italy in 1918 (7) |
| SACREDCOWS | Amount of land by Washington annexed by pigs - we shouldn't criticise them (6,4) |
