Possible Clues:

• A defective boat going west around a country
• Country festivity involving university curling team
• Central Am. state
• State university team involved in sports festival
• A conventional US vessel for pulling back round a country
• State university encountered a setback during festivities
• Country in Central America
• Central American country conquered by the Spanish in 1523-24
• Neighbor of Honduras
• A Mexico neighbour, a month back, shot at meal