| Answer | Crossword Clue |
|---|---|
| ZAIRE | Bygone country name or its currency |
| ZAIRE | Old country name or its currency, both dropped in 1997 |
| RIAL | Currency whose name can become its country's name by changing its last letter to an N and scrambling |
| SIAM | Country that changed its name in 1939 |
| IRAN | Country that got its current name in 1935 |
| SYRIA | Country whose capital lent its name to a fabric |
| LAOS | Country whose name becomes its language when you drop its last letter |
| HAITI | Country whose name anagrams to an island when its fourth letter is doubled |
