| UPAGAINSTIT | Reform putting Asia in difficulties |
| INDIANOCEAN | Large area of sea bordered by Africa in the West, Asia in the North and Australia in the East (6,5) |
| HSBC | UK financial institution founded in Asia in 1865 |
| NEPAL | Land in Asia in plane that's gone astray (5) |
| PHILIPPINES | The ---, island country in South East Asia, in the western Pacific Ocean (11) |
| INDIAN | The --- Ocean is bordered by Africa in the West and Asia in the North (6) |
| IONIANSEA | Body of water is in Asia in one translation (6,3) |
| VENICE | It is an island city that was once the centre of a maritime republic. It was the greatest seaport in late medieval Europe and the continent's commercial and cultural link to Asia. In Much Ado About No |
| STATES | At least yams cultivated in part of Asia in the past (5,6) |
| MALAY | At least yams cultivated in part of Asia in the past (5,6) |
| MALAYALAM | Language is one spoken in Asia in the style of Mandarin primarily (9) |
| THAI | One from Asia in a violent hailstorm |
| DEPOSITS | Plants from central Asia in stores (8) |
| CLUSIANA | A tulip species from Asia - in casual disarray (8) |
| INDIANSUMMERS | Mathematicians from Asia in Channel 4 series (6,7) |
| DIASPORA | Emigres drop Asia in disarray |
| BOSPORUS | Strait between Europe and Asia, in Turkey (8) |
| ALSATIA | Heart of Italy confused with Asia in old part of Europe |
| MARCOPOLO | Venetian explorer who journeyed from Europe to Asia in 13th cent. (5,4) |
| BORNEO | Largest island of Asia, in the W Pacific between the Sulu and Java Seas (6) |
