| ADICHIE | Chimamanda Ngozi -; author of novels including Purple Hibiscus and Half of a Yellow Sun (7) |
| NGOZI | The author of Half Of A Yellow Sun (2006) (10,5,7) |
| CHIMA | The author of Half Of A Yellow Sun (2006) (10,5,7) |
| MANDA | The author of Half Of A Yellow Sun (2006) |
| PRINCEINDEX | Key to a discography including "Purple Rain"? |
| HUMVEES | Military vehicles have colours including purple, not gold |
| ANGOLA | Country whose flag features a machete and half of a gearwheel |
| BRIGGS | Yorta Yorta rapper and half of A.B. Original (6) |
| MARSHMALLOW | Plant related to cotton, cacao, hibiscus and hollyhock (11) |
| THOMAS | Kiwi actress who stars in Hibiscus & Ruth less, Anna-Maree ... (6) |
| NIGERIA | Birthplace of "Americanah" author Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie |
| GAMBOGE | A gum resin used as the source of a yellow pigment and as a purgative |
| XANTHIC | Of a yellow tint, especially as a description of flowers (7) |
| CORNCOB | Source of a yellow vegetable (7) |
| MCADAMS | Rachel, who's been a Time-traveler's Wife, a Mean Girl and half of Fire Saga (7) |
| ADESUWA | ___ Oni, actress behind Ngozi Okoye in Casualty (7) |
| YELLOW | Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie wrote Half of a ____ Sun |
| MINARET | Tower and half of one (7) |
| HIDALGO | Buried aluminium and half of gold in part of Mexico |
| SERVICE | Organised worship and half of sermon based on immorality (7) |
