| CISKEI | 1981-94 Bantustan in southeast South Africa now part of Eastern Cape |
| KWAZULU | Former Bantu homeland in SE South Africa merged with Natal to create a new province in 1994 (7) |
| GAMBIER | Extinct volcano of SE South Aust, Mount |
| DUNEDIN | Port on SE South Island, New Zealand founded by Scottish settlers (7) |
| TRANSKEI | Former Bantustan of South Africa now part of Eastern Cape Province (8) |
| GRADIENT | Former Bantustan of South Africa now part of Eastern Cape Province (8) |
| NUBIA | Ancient region of north-east Africa, now part of southern Egypt and northern Sudan (5) |
| UMTATA | Former name of Mthatha, city in Eastern Cape, South Africa, that was capital of the Transkei Bantustan |
| NATAL | Former province of eastern South Africa merged with the bantustan of KwaZulu in 1994 (5) |
| MACADAMIAS | South Africa now tops Hawaii in their production |
| USSR | Finishes tiramisu, brownies, macaroons from recipe in old part of Eastern Europe (4) |
| PYROMANIA | Burning lust in partially vacated part of eastern Europe |
| FIFE | Part of eastern Scotland built up in the fifties (4) |
| NOVASCOTIA | Travelled via costa on part of eastern side of Canada (4,6) |
| OFFENCES | Wrongdoings of church in parts of Eastern England (8) |
| ASAP | Terence gets out of Eastern Cape before you can say Jack Robinson (4) |
| APOPLECTIC | Infuriated a father with eclectic dismissal of Eastern Cape (10) |
| RHODESIA | Former British colonial territory in Africa, now Zambia and Zimbabwe (8) |
| RUANDAURUNDI | Former territory in Africa, now two independent countries (6-6) |
| EMIGRE | He's left his country, appallingly grim part of Eastern Europe (6) |
