| Republic since 1993 | 19 |
| Part of Italian East Africa | 27 |
| Neighbor of Djibouti | 20 |
| Nation north of Ethiopia | 24 |
| Nation independent of Ethiopia since 1993 | 41 |
| Nation born May 24, 1993 | 24 |
| Nation born from war in 1993 | 28 |
| Its flag features an olive branch inside a wreath | 49 |
| Italian colony, 1890-1941 | 25 |
| Italian colony from 1890 to 1941 | 32 |
| Country with a camel on its coat of arms | 40 |
| Country with a camel in its coat of arms | 40 |
| Country that won its first Olympic medal in 2004 | 48 |
| Country once under the purview of Emperor Haile Selassie | 56 |
| Country of northeast Africa | 27 |
| Country across the sea from Yemen | 33 |
| Breakaway country from Ethiopia | 31 |
| Asmera is its capital | 21 |
| Asmara's republic | 21 |
| Asmara's province | 21 |
| Asmara's country | 20 |
| Area of Ethiopia | 16 |
| African seceder of 1993 | 23 |
| 2001 Canadian peace keeping locale | 34 |
| 1890-1941 Italian colony | 24 |
| Verdi aria | 10 |
| "Un Ballo in Maschera" aria | 37 |
| Verdi baritone aria | 19 |
| "A Masked Ball" aria | 30 |
| Verdi aria that means "It was you" | 44 |
| Verdi aria sung by Renato | 25 |
| Aria title that means "It was you" | 44 |
| Verdi's crossword-friendliest aria | 38 |
| Verdi aria that translates to "It was you" | 52 |
| Song that ends "O dolcezze perdute! O speranze d'amor, d'amor, d'amor!" | 93 |
| Song from Verdi's "Un Ballo in Maschera" | 54 |
| Renato sings it in "Un ballo in maschera" | 51 |
| Noted Verdi composition | 23 |
| Noted Verdi aria | 16 |
| It begins "Non è su lei, nel suo" | 46 |
| Baritone piece sung by Renato | 29 |
| Aria that ends "O speranze d'amor!" | 49 |
| Aria sung by Renato | 19 |
| Accusatory Verdi aria | 21 |
| "It was you," operatically | 36 |
| "It was you," in a Verdi aria | 39 |
| Schubert's "The ___-King" | 39 |
| Schubert's "The ___ King" | 39 |
| Schubert's "The __ King" | 38 |
| Goethe's "The __-King" | 36 |
| Goethe's ___ könig | 25 |
| Schubert's "___ könig" | 39 |
| Goethe's "The ___-King" | 37 |
| "Der ___ Konig" | 25 |
| Schubert's "The --- King" | 39 |
| Schubert's "The --- -King" | 40 |
| Schubert's "___ King" | 35 |
| Schubert's ''The __-King'' | 46 |
| Schubert's ''The ___-King'' | 47 |
| Goethe's "The ___king" | 36 |
| "The ___-King," Goethe poem | 37 |
| "The ___ King" (Schubert art song) | 44 |
| "The ___ -King," Goethe ballad | 40 |
| "The __ King" (Schubert song) | 39 |
| ''The ___ King'' (Schubert work) | 48 |
| ___-König (legendary goblin) | 31 |
| ___-koenig | 10 |
| ___-King, of German myth | 24 |
| ___-King (German goblin) | 24 |
| ___ king, Germanic imp | 22 |
| ___ king (fictional elf) | 24 |
| Perry's creator | 19 |
| Writer ___ Stanley Gardner | 26 |
| Author __ Stanley Gardner | 25 |
| Author Gardner | 14 |
| Della's creator | 19 |
| First name in courtroom fiction | 31 |
| Writer Gardner | 14 |
| Creator of Perry and Della | 26 |
| Contemporary of Agatha | 22 |
| Dashiell contemporary | 21 |
| First name in mystery writing | 29 |
| Agatha contemporary | 19 |
| Perry Mason creator Gardner | 27 |
| Gardner of mystery | 18 |
| -- Stanley Gardner | 18 |
| __ Stanley Gardner | 18 |
| Perry's penner | 18 |
| Mystery writer ___ Stanley Gardner | 34 |
| Gardner of mysteries | 20 |
| Author ___ Stanley Gardner | 26 |
| Perry and Della's creator | 29 |
| Peer of Dashiell | 16 |
| Agatha's contemporary | 25 |
| ____ Stanley Gardner | 20 |
| Perry's progenitor | 22 |
| Lawyer/writer Gardner | 21 |
| Gardner of whodunits | 20 |
| Perry's penman | 18 |
| Perry Mason's creator Gardner | 33 |