| LAKEKIVU | Body of water between the Congo and Rwanda believed to be set to explode (4,4) |
| TIMEBOMB | A bomb that has been set to explode at a set time (4,4) |
| SCORED | Decor's wrong for it to be set to music (6) |
| LIGURIAN | ___ Sea, body of water between the Gulf of Genoa and Corsica (8) |
| ADRIATIC | Body of water between the Italian Peninsula and the Balkan Peninsula, _ Sea (8) |
| LAKEALBERT | Body of water between the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Uganda in the great Rift Valley |
| IRISHSEA | Expanse of water between the North Channel and St George's Channel containing Anglesey (5,3) |
| NORTHSEA | Stretch of water between the UK and Norway (5,3) |
| KASAI | Tributary of the Congo River that forms par of the border between the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Angola (5) |
| CABINDA | Northern exclave of Angola, bordered by the Republic of the Congo, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, and the Atlantic Ocean. (7) |
| CASEMENT | Sir Roger, the British diplomat who exposed atrocities in the Belgian Congo and elsewhere (8) |
| EYEPIECE | What pupil must be set to in practical astronomy? |
| HEATHROW | Controversy involving PM, immigration and Rwanda flights encountered here (8) |
| SOLENT | The ___, body of water between the Isle of Wight and the British mainland (6) |
| TSHIBOLA | Levadiakos, 2018-2024 DR Congo and 2016-2019 Aston Villa midfielder (5,8) |
| REDSEA | Body of water between the Gulf of Aden and the Suez Canal (3,3) |
| DIANGANA | Grady ........ , DR Congo and West Brom midfielder (8) |
| ONIANGUE | Prince ........ , 2008-19 Congo and 2016-18 Wolves midfielder (8) |
| MARMARA | Sea of ******* - body of water between The Med and Black Sea (7) |
| TSUGARUSTRAIT | Body of water between the islands of Hokkaido and Honshu in Japan (7,6) |
