| CISKEI | Bantustan in south-east South Africa from 1981-94 now part of Eastern Cape |
| 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) |
| UMTATA | Former name of Mthatha, city in Eastern Cape, South Africa, that was capital of the Transkei Bantustan |
| NDEBELE | Bantu language of some people in Zimbabwe and north-east South Africa (7) |
| NATAL | Former province of eastern South Africa merged with the bantustan of KwaZulu in 1994 (5) |
| TRANSVAAL | Former province of north-east South Africa whose capital was Pretoria (9) |
| KWAZULUNATAL | Province in north-east South Africa (7-5) |
| KRUGER | National Park in north-east South Africa (6) |
| USSR | Finishes tiramisu, brownies, macaroons from recipe in old part of Eastern Europe (4) |
| EESE | Safety first in ease, suggests east by east south east, initially |
| FIFE | Part of eastern Scotland built up in the fifties (4) |
| NOVASCOTIA | Travelled via costa on part of eastern side of Canada (4,6) |
| 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) |
| THESWAN | Stars in east, south and west in conjunction (3,4) |
| PYROMANIA | Burning lust in partially vacated part of eastern Europe |
| OFFENCES | Wrongdoings of church in parts of Eastern England (8) |
| EMIGRE | He's left his country, appallingly grim part of Eastern Europe (6) |
| RUSSIA | Airs broadcast across America and part of Eastern Europe (6) |
