| MUZOREWA | Abel ___, prime minister of the unrecognised state of Zimbabwe Rhodesia in 1979 (8) |
| ABEL | Prime Minister of the unrecognized state of Zimbabwe Rhodesia in 1979 (4,8) |
| RHODESIA | Unrecognised state in southern Africa (1965 - 79) (8) |
| ABKHAZIA | Unrecognised state starts to attract brand knockoffs having approved zonal independent area (8) |
| MAGWITCH | Abel ___, character in 1861 Charles Dickens novel Great Expectations (8) |
| ANTIPOPE | A new bit of advice: work with energy for unrecognised leader (8) |
| UNLAWFUL | Topless star left the pits unrecognised |
| TASMAN | The Polynesian ancestors of the Maori had long since ventured to New Zealand when this devilish Dutch navigator sighted the South Island in 1642, Abel___ (6) |
| SOMALILAND | Unrecognised country in the Horn of Africa which declared independence from Somalia in 1991 (10) |
| MACHINATION | Minor action disrupted an unrecognised state? (11) |
| INCOGNITO | In company, fool hemmed in to go unrecognised (9) |
| DUNGEON | Cries have gone unrecognised, sadly, in this dank, miserable place |
| GANCE | Abel ___, French director of 1927 biopic Napoleon (5) |
| PANN | Abel ___, Land of Israel painter b.1883 - d.1963 |
| FERRARA | Abel ___, U.S. filmmaker, born in 1951 (7) |
| ANTON | Abel ___, 1997 and 1999 World Championships marathon gold medallist (5) |
| WILDERNESS | Birds in desolate region, for a time unrecognised |
| FEET | - - - of clay, unrecognised weakness (4) |
| THUD | Dull sound in trench unrecognised outwardly (4) |
| UNKNOWN | A bit of junk now nearly unrecognised (7) |
