| Answer | Crossword Clue |
|---|---|
| PRESIDENT | Head of a republic |
| DESPOT | Banana republic head |
| EIRE | Former name of a republic |
| ESTH | Native of a Soviet Republic |
| EIRE | Erstwhile name of a republic |
| IRANIAN | Citizen of a theocratic republic |
| ARABS | Citizens of a Near East republic. |
| EIRE | Former name of a European republic |
| EIRE | Name of a republic: 1937-49 |
| UDE | Ulan-... (capital of a Russian republic) |
| RUANDA | One spelling of a landlocked African republic |
| KOREA | Southern half of this country is now a republic. |
| RICA | Part of the name of a Central American republic. |
| COSTA | Part of the name of a Central American republic. |
