| Country named for its location on the globe | 43 |
| Country near the Strait of Hormuz | 33 |
| Country next to Cambodia | 24 |
| Country next to Egypt | 21 |
| Country next to Turkey | 22 |
| Country next to Yugo. | 21 |
| Country north of Chile | 22 |
| Country north of Namibia | 24 |
| Country north of Sudan | 22 |
| Country north of Tonga | 22 |
| Country not in Rushdie's travel plans | 41 |
| Country now known as the Democratic Republic of the Congo | 57 |
| Country of 23 cantons | 21 |
| Country of fjords | 17 |
| Country of I. Rabin | 19 |
| Country of Juan Carlos | 22 |
| Country of kibbutzim | 20 |
| Country of long fish? | 21 |
| Country of northeast Africa | 27 |
| Country of one's birth | 26 |
| Country of over one billion | 27 |
| Country of PGA's Els | 24 |
| Country of Saroyan's heritage | 33 |
| Country of south central Africa | 31 |
| Country of South Pacific Islands | 32 |
| Country of southwest Africa | 27 |
| Country of the Incas | 20 |
| Country of two million surrounded by a single other country | 59 |
| Country on a peninsula | 22 |
| Country on Africa's Gold Coast | 34 |
| Country on Bay of Bengal | 24 |
| Country on Borneo | 17 |
| Country on el Mediterráneo | 29 |
| Country on its own gulf | 23 |
| Country on Lake Victoria | 24 |
| Country on the Adriatic | 23 |
| Country on the Arabian Peninsula | 32 |
| Country on the Arabian Sea | 26 |
| Country on the Atl. | 19 |
| Country on the Baltic | 21 |
| Country on the Bay of Bengal | 28 |
| Country on the Black Sea | 24 |
| Country on the Caspian | 22 |
| Country on the Caspian Sea | 26 |
| Country on the Denmark Str. | 27 |
| Country on the equator | 22 |
| Country on the Gulf of Aden | 27 |
| Country on the Gulf of Guinea | 29 |
| Country on the Gulf of Oman | 27 |
| Country on the Irish Sea | 24 |
| Country on the island of Hispaniola | 35 |
| Country on the Med. | 19 |
| Country on the Medit. | 21 |
| Country on the Mediterranean | 28 |
| Country on the Mediterranean: Abbr. | 35 |
| Country on the Mekong | 21 |
| Country on the Pac. Ocean | 25 |
| Country on the Persian Gulf | 27 |
| Country on the Red Sea | 22 |
| Country on the Rio de la Plata: Abbr. | 37 |
| Country on the south side of Mount Everest | 42 |
| Country on the southeast end of the Arabian Peninsula | 53 |
| Country on the Strait of Gibraltar: Abbr. | 41 |
| Country on the Strait of Hormuz | 31 |
| Country on the tip of the Arabian Peninsula | 43 |
| Country once called Belgian Congo | 33 |
| Country once called Dahomey | 27 |
| Country once called French Sudan | 32 |
| Country once known as British Honduras | 38 |
| Country once known as Dutch Guiana (var.) | 41 |
| Country once known as French Sudan | 34 |
| Country once known as Portuguese East Africa | 44 |
| Country once known for pearl diving | 35 |
| Country once part of Colombia | 29 |
| Country once partly under Incan rule | 36 |
| Country once referred to as "Happy Arabia" | 52 |
| Country once under the purview of Emperor Haile Selassie | 56 |
| Country or folk | 15 |
| Country or folk, e.g. | 21 |
| Country or Service follower | 27 |
| Country outing | 14 |
| Country Ozzy's Gus G is from | 32 |
| Country partially within the Arctic Circle: Abbr. | 49 |
| Country parties | 15 |
| Country partitioned in 1948 | 27 |
| Country partner? | 16 |
| Country path | 12 |
| Country paths | 13 |
| Country place | 13 |
| Country place for Yeltsin | 25 |
| Country place? | 14 |
| Country poem | 12 |
| Country pro | 11 |
| Country quaffs | 14 |
| Country quaintness | 18 |
| Country quarters | 16 |
| Country queen McEntire | 22 |
| Country rds. | 12 |
| Country records? | 16 |
| Country renamed in 1935 | 23 |