| KINSHASA | The capital of the Democratic Republic of the Congo |
| LUALABA | River of the Democratic Republic of the Congo; a headstream of the Congo River |
| OKAPI | Striped African mammal closely related to the giraffe, found in the rainforests of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (5) |
| FAIRDEAL | The principles of the Democratic party under the leadership of US President Harry S. Truman (4,4) |
| ZAIRE | Until 1997 the name of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (5) |
| PATRICELUMUMBA | Pan-Africanist who served as the first Prime Minister of the Democratic Republic of the Congo |
| MATADI | Chief port of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (6) |
| SAOTOME | Island in the Gulf of Guinea that forms part of the Democratic Republic of ... ... e Principe (3,4) |
| RWENZORI | Mountain range on the border between Uganda and the Democratic Republic of the Congo (8) |
| BELGIANCONGO | Former name, from 1908-1960, of the Democratic Republic of Congo (7,5) |
| HOCHI | Adopted name of Nguyen Sinh Cung, first president (1945-1969) of the Democratic Republic of Vietnam (2,3) |
| MINH | Adopted name of Nguyen Sinh Cung, first president (1945-1969) of the Democratic Republic of Vietnam (4) |
| TANZANIA | Nation that borders the Democratic Republic of the CongO |
| CABINDA | Northern exclave of Angola, bordered by the Republic of the Congo, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, and the Atlantic Ocean. (7) |
| KASAI | Tributary of the Congo River that forms par of the border between the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Angola (5) |
| BOMA | Port in the Democratic Republic of the Congo; capital of the Belgian Congo until 1926 (4) |
| NORM | Symbol in the logo of the Democratic Socialists of America |
| UBANGI | River that forms the border between the Central African Republic and the Democratic Republic of the Congo (6) |
| LAKETANGANYIKA | Body of fresh water in central Africa between Tanzania and the Democratic Republic of the Congo; the longest and second-largest of its kind on earth (4,10) |
| BLUE | Representative colour of the Democratic Party in the U.S. (4) |
