| Answer | Crossword Clue |
|---|---|
| TWA | Eastern alternative, once |
| TWA | Old Eastern alternative |
| ACADIA | Eastern Canada, once |
| UAR | Middle Eastern org., once |
| SSRS | Much of Eastern Eur., once |
| SSRS | Parts of Eastern Eur., once |
| SSRS | Part of Eastern Europe, once: Abbr. |
| AMMAN | Middle Eastern capital once called Philadelphia |
| chestnuts | A related tree (C. dentata), which succumbed to a fungus bark disease in the early 1900s. Once prolific in the eastern US, very few large specimens survived |
| chestnut | A related tree (C. dentata), which succumbed to a fungus bark disease in the early 1900s. Once prolific in the eastern US, very few large specimens survived |
