| SANSA | A culturally diverse word/name meaning praise or charm in India; a mbira or thumb piano in Africa; a sweet apple in Japan; or, the eventual queen of House Stark's Winterfell (5) |
| BRASS | An amulet or charm in the form of a bell, heart, moon, star, sun-flash etc for the harness of a shire or similar draught animal; or, the copper alloy used to make said ornament (5) |
| THUMBPIANO | Music box-like African mbira or kalimba, played with one or both of the digits that isn't a finger (5,5) |
| MBIRA | Thumb piano, in Harare |
| JDATE | Site with a "Culturally Jewish" option |
| DOC | Informal word/name for a GP; or, one of the dwarfs in a Disney film (3) |
| GEOFFROY | The one-word name for this French zoologist inspired the common name of a small cat, found in mountainous regions of South America. |
| CORVETTE | Word/name for a fast warship or a Chevrolet sports car, yet practically derived from "slow basket" (8) |
| DALAILAMA | From a country in Africa, a boy returned as spiritual leader |
| OUTSPAN | In South Africa, a type of orange or a stopping-place on a journey (7) |
| KNEE | A silent-lettered body part name other than knuckle, limb, muscle or thumb that, if used to bend or genuflect for too long, is likely to go numb (4) |
| FLICKS | Groups of hares, rabbits or "coneys"; films/movies; the cinema/pictures; or, thumb motions in marbles (6) |
| CASABLANCA | Somewhere in Africa a bag's returned comparatively empty, we hear (10) |
| MUNGO | Park explorer in Africa, a saintly Scot (5) |
| CHAD | Where, in Africa, a rotter gets out of breath (4) |
| ELEPHANTGRASS | Tall crop in Africa - a spear's length potentially (8,5) |
| ISAAC | Raised in Africa, a significant biblical figure (5) |
| BWANA | In Africa, a respectful form of address corresponding to 'sir' (5) |
| GHAT | In India, a mountain pass, a river landing place, or a cremation site |
| STOEP | In South Africa, a raised platform or veranda in front of a house (5) |
