| CAMEROON | Country in west-central Africa (183,510 sq miles; pop about 27 million), independent since 1960 (8) |
| GABONESE | Relating to a country in west central Africa, independent since 1960 (8) |
| GABON | Country in west central Africa (5) |
| SWISS | From a country in west central Europe (5) |
| CHAD | Lake in west-central Africa |
| GOLIATHFROGS | Giant amphibians native to West Central Africa (7,5) |
| MANDRILL | Large Old World monkey with red and blue skin on its face, native to west central Africa (8) |
| AIRDRIE | A town in West Central Scotland, in North Lanarkshire (7) |
| RUHR | A river in west central Germany, flowing west into the Rhine (4) |
| LIBERIA | Country in west Africa (43,000 sq miles; pop about 5 million), founded in 1822 (7) |
| NOVOSIBIRSK | A city in West Central Russia, on the River Ob, the largest city in Siberia (11) |
| LITTLEBIGHORN | River in west central USA, its banks were scene of defeat in 1876 of General Custer (6,7) |
| SMOLENSK | City on the Dnieper River in west central Russia first mentioned in 863 AD (8) |
| COLORADO | River and state in west central US |
| TEPIC | A city in west central Mexico. |
| IONIA | Old region in west central Asia Minor (5) |
| UFA | City in west central Russia (3) |
| MARSHALL | -- Islands, 34 coral isles in west central Pacific (8) |
| ROSETOWN | 'The Heart of the Wheat Belt' community in West-central Saskatchewan |
| POITOU | Historic province in west-central France whose capital was Poitiers (6) |
