| UGALI | A type of maize porridge eaten in east and central Africa |
| SWEETCORN | Type of maize (9) |
| SWAHILI | Language widely used in east and central Africa (7) |
| EASTERN | ___ snake-eater, venomous snake of east and central Africa (7) |
| SHTETL | Name for a Jewish village or settlement in east and central Europe before the Holocaust (6) |
| CARACAL | Also known as the desert lynx, or Persian lynx, this short-tailed cat is found in the hills, deserts, and plains of Africa, the Middle East, and central and southwestern Asia. |
| POLENTA | Len is involved in return of a top maize porridge (7) |
| AGHA | Honorific title used in parts of the Middle-East and Central Asia (4) |
| COLOBUS | Leaf-eating arboreal monkey of W and Central Africa covered by white and black coat |
| SPRINGROLL | A filled appetiser in East and South East Asian cuisine (6,4) |
| INDIANA | Land in East and North, a part of US (7) |
| BIBLEBELT | Region in the South East and central part of the USA characterised by socially conservative Christia |
| YURT | Circular tent traditionally used by nomads of East and Central Asia (4) |
| YURTS | Circular tents traditionally used by nomads of East and Central Asia (5) |
| GULFOFGUINEA | Geography (iii): Area of the Atlantic Ocean between West and Central Africa (4,2,6) |
| BANTU | Group of peoples who inhabit southern, eastern and central Africa (5) |
| ROYAL | ___ python, constrictor of West and Central Africa (5) |
| EMIR | Out of the mire is the title given in East and N. Africa to independent chieftains! (4) |
| ESTONIA | It's part of the EU in East, and is involved with Nato (7) |
| EATEN | Consumed in east and north - and generally |
