- PANAMA
- Type of hat
- Canal locale
- Site of 1989's Operation Just Cause
- Site of a canal that did NOT have a giant ship lodged in it for several days
- Van Halen classic
- Central American nation that uses American dollars
- Where to spend balboas
- Where balboas are spent
- Zonian's environs
- Hat that, ironically, originated in Ecuador
- Country in which most of the Darién Gap lies
- It's noted for the large locks in the middle of it
- Its anthem is "Himno Istmeño"
- Neighbor of Colombia
- Costa Rica neighbor
- Country that seceded from Colombia
- Brimmed topper
- Jipijapa topper
- Canal Zone locale
- Canal country
- 1984 Van Halen song
- Himno Istmeño is its anthem
- Hat or canal
- Country linking two oceans
- Southernmost Central American country
- Canal site
- Colón locale
- Jipijapa hat
- Land on an isthmus
- Colombia neighbor
- Classic palindrome ending
- Southernmost location in continental North America
- Canal zone
- Lightweight straw hat
- Hat of Ecuadorian origin, oddly
- Hat that originated in Ecuador, strangely
- Site of a historic 1914 waterway opening
- Jipijapa hat, familiarly
- Central American canal country
- Former part of Colombia
- Pacific Rim nation
- Land explored by Balboa
- Isthmus locale
- Isthmus land
- Nicaragua neighbor
- Central American land
- Summer hat
- Country with a major canal
- Southernmost land in North America
- Land north of the Pacific
- It's north and west of the Pacific
- Where balboas and dollars are spent
- Country cut by a canal
- Southernmost North American nation
- Central American country with a canal
- S-shaped land
- __ Canal (Central American shortcut)
- End of a well-known palindrome
- ___ hat.
- Location of a great engineering feat.
- Strategic region of hemisphere defense.
- Strategic isthmus.
- Where Lieut. Gen. Brett commands.
- Mitigator of Cape Horn.
- President de la Guardia's country.
- Republic S. of U. S.
- Uncle Sam's lease expired here recently.
- Scene of Merman musical.
- Country with a peak in Darien.
- Central American country which recently changed Presidents.
- Dr. Arias' country.
- Pres. Arosemena's country.
- Where Balboa is.
- Where Colon is.
- Important U. S. security zone.
- Where Col. Remon is President-elect.
- Col. Remon's country.
- Hat.
- Where Col. Remon is President.
- Canal built 1904–14.
- Republic of Latin America.
- Where 36 Across is.
- Latin American republic.
- American republic.
- Part of Latin America.
- Seaport of C. A.
- A kind of hat.
- Colombia's neighbor.
- Place in the headlines.
- Scene of recent election.
- Isthmus
- Kind of hat
- Straw hat
- Balboa's vantage point
- Tropical hat
- Jipijapa item
- Hat made from jipijapa leaves
- Treaty area
- Hat or Hattie
- Jipijapa
- Canal completed in 1914
- ___ Hattie: 1940
- Former province of Colombia
- Jipijapa headgear
- Scene of a 1989 invasion
- Hat made from jipijapa
- Lightweight hat
- Where to spend a balboa
- Boater alternative
- Hat made of jipijapa
- Summer topper
- Central American canal locale
- Southernmost country in Central America
- ___ City, Fla.
- Article of apparel that's not made where you might think
- With 6-Down, bit of summer wear
- Article of apparel not originating where its name would suggest
- Country on an isthmus
- Canal or country
- Central American country
- Neighbor of Costa Rica
- Van Halen "1984" classic
- Eponym of "papers" in 2016 headlines
- Nation whose only Olympic gold medallist is the long jumper Irving Saladino
- Country hat?
- Country once part of Colombia
- Gatun Dam locale
- 1903 independence declarer
- Noted canal
- Neighbor of Costa Rica and Colombia
- Central American country with a 29-Down
- Where Noriega once ruled
- *Longtime U.S. airline
- Country with a famous canal
- Site of a canal that joins oceans
- 1984 Van Halen song, or a Central American country
- *TWA competitor
- Hat for the heat
- Biomuseo's country
- Hat made with jipijapa leaves
- Where to hear 33 Across
- Independence declarer, November 3, 1903
- Hat made of jipijapa leaves
- Van Halen song
- Country that's also a Van Halen hit
- Bocas del Toro nation
- Operation Just Cause's setting
- Site of a noted 1-Down
- Isthmian country
- Wide-brimmed topper
