| NIAMEY | Capital on the Niger River |
| TIMBUKTU | Which Mali city on the Niger River is also a metaphor for a faraway place? (8) |
| BAMAKO | Capital on the Niger |
| ONITSHA | Port city on the eastern bank of the Niger river in Anambra State, Nigeria |
| GHANA | Modern African state; also a medieval empire situated between the Sahara and the Niger river (5) |
| MUNGOPARK | Scottish explorer who followed the course of the Niger River (5,4) |
| MALI | The Niger River flows through it |
| BOZO | Ethnic group of Mali located along the Niger River |
| SOMALI | Ergo, country on the Niger is African |
| PORTHARCOURT | Seaport in S.E. Nigeria on the Niger delta (4,8) |
| PORT | and 9ac, City in S Nigeria on the Bonny River in the Niger Delta (4,8) |
| HARCOURT | and 9ac, City in S Nigeria on the Bonny River in the Niger Delta (4,8) |
| MANATEE | Any of three species of large slow aquatic mammals found along tropical and subtropical Atlantic coasts and associated inland waters, including the watersheds of the Amazon and Niger rivers. (7) |
| IBO | Inhabitant of lower Niger river region |
| TRANSFER | Move faster, travelling around head of Niger River |
| IRONGREY | The colour of the Niger, Roy (4,4) |
| OILRIVERS | The delta of the Niger, in Nigeria (3,6) |
| BANTU | The largest sub-branch of the Niger-Congo languages (5) |
| SWAMPS | Wetland areas such as the Everglades and the Niger Delta |
| PARK | Scottish explorer of the Niger; or, the grounds of a large country estate (4) |
