| DUTCHGUIANA | Former official name of the South American country Suriname (5,6) |
| MADRAS | The former official name of the Indian city of Chennai (6) |
| SANTIAGO | Capital of the South American country once led by Augusto Pinochet |
| SURINAMER | Native of the South American country whose capital is Paramaribo |
| NATAL | Former name of the South African province prefixed with 'KwaZulu' in 1994 (5) |
| JIM | First name of the South Carolina, Virginia, and Wyoming governors |
| PERSIA | What was the former official name of Iran (6) |
| EIRE | Former official name of Ireland |
| ZAIRE | Former official name (1971-97) of the Democratic Republic of Congo (5) |
| PABLONERUDA | Pen (later official) name of Ricardo Basoalto, often regarded as Chile's national poet |
| DAVIN | The official name of the Canal End of Croke Park is the ___ Stand. (5) |
| RANGOON | Former official name (until 1989) of Yangon, capital city of Myanmar (7) |
| LATTERDAYSAINTS | The Church of Jesus Christ of ___ , official name of the Mormon church (6-3,6) |
| LATTERDAY | Church of Jesus Christ of --- --- Saints, official name of the Mormon Church (6-3) |
| SCENIC | The official name of the Appalachian Trail is the Appalachian National ___ Trail (6) |
| CHANG | The official name of the Yangtze River (the longest in Asia) (5) |
| SIAM | Former official name (until 1939 and from 1945-9) of Thailand (4) |
| EBORACUM | Roman name for York, preserved in abbreviated form in the official name of the city's Archbishop (8) |
| OF | Second word in the official name of the F1 circuit that hosts the US Grand Prix (2) |
| IEPER | What is the official name of the municipality in Belgium the French and English call Ypres? (5) |
