| Nicaragua neighbor | 18 |
| Lightweight hat | 15 |
| Jipijapa item | 13 |
| Country that seceded from Colombia | 34 |
| Central American canal locale | 29 |
| 1903 independence declarer | 26 |
| Van Halen song | 14 |
| Jipijapa topper | 15 |
| Independence declarer, November 3, 1903 | 39 |
| Hat made of jipijapa | 20 |
| Hat made from jipijapa leaves | 29 |
| Hat made from jipijapa | 22 |
| Country that's also a Van Halen hit | 39 |
| Where balboas are spent | 23 |
| Van Halen classic | 17 |
| Tropical hat | 12 |
| Treaty area | 11 |
| Southernmost country in Central America | 39 |
| Scene of a 1989 invasion | 24 |
| Operation Just Cause's setting | 34 |
| Neighbor of Costa Rica | 22 |
| Land on an isthmus | 18 |
| Jipijapa headgear | 17 |
| Jipijapa | 8 |
| Isthmus locale | 14 |
| Isthmus land | 12 |
| Hat worn by Theodore Roosevelt | 30 |
| Hat that, ironically, originated in Ecuador | 43 |
| Hat or Hattie | 13 |
| Hat or canal | 12 |
| Hat made with jipijapa leaves | 29 |
| Hat made of jipijapa leaves | 27 |
| Hat for the heat | 16 |
| Gatun Dam locale | 16 |
| Former province of Colombia | 27 |
| Famed isthmus | 13 |
| Country with a canal route | 26 |
| Country once part of Colombia | 29 |
| Country linking two oceans | 26 |
| Country hat? | 12 |
| Central American land | 21 |
| Central American bonnet | 23 |
| Canal Zone locale | 17 |
| Canal completed in 1914 | 23 |
| Brimmed topper | 14 |
| Boater alternative | 18 |
| Balboa's vantage point | 26 |
| Article of apparel that's not made where you might think | 60 |
| 1984 Van Halen song | 19 |
| "___ Hattie": 1940 | 28 |
| Waterway with the same alternating letter | 41 |
| The Bridge of the Americas locale | 33 |
| Shipping route since 1914 | 25 |
| Part of some cruise itineraries | 31 |
| Opening of 1914 | 15 |
| Naval pathway since 1914 | 24 |
| Its construction began 1/1/1880 | 31 |
| It opened in August 1914 | 24 |
| It connects the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans | 43 |
| Important shipping route opened in 1914 | 39 |
| Engineering marvel completed in 1914 | 36 |
| Atlantic-Pacific linkup | 23 |
| Unexpectedly, it's usually made in Ecuador | 46 |
| Topper made with leaves | 23 |
| Topper made in Ecuador | 22 |
| Summer straw | 12 |
| Straw topper first made in Ecuador, surprisingly | 48 |
| Straw topper | 12 |
| Plaited topper | 14 |
| Lightweight topper | 18 |
| Jipijapa-leaf headwear | 22 |
| Boater's cousin | 19 |
| Of the Western Hemisphere, basically | 36 |
| Criticize a Yankee? | 19 |
| Slender cigar | 13 |
| Long, slender cigar | 19 |
| Slim cigar | 10 |
| Slender smoke | 13 |
| Corona alternative | 18 |
| Smoke that's not thick | 26 |
| Smoke shop choice | 17 |
| Slender stogie | 14 |
| Long, thin cigar | 16 |
| Long smoke | 10 |
| Cuban alternative | 17 |
| Corona kin | 10 |
| Cigar option | 12 |
| P. I. island | 12 |
| Where Iloilo is | 15 |
| Iloilo's island | 19 |
| Site of Iloilo | 14 |
| Philippine island in W.W. II fighting | 37 |
| Neighbor of Mindoro | 19 |
| Mindoro neighbor | 16 |
| Iloilo is here | 14 |
| Central Philippine island | 25 |
| Ubiquitous comestibles | 22 |
| Pilots' unusual landings | 28 |
| Crêpes suzette | 17 |
| "Silver dollar" meal | 30 |