| BOTSWANA | Country in southern Africa, much of it covered by the Kalahari Desert (8) |
| ZIMBABWE | Landlocked country in southern Africa, the capital of which is Harare (8) |
| MARITIME | Mother finds it covered with frost when living by the sea (8) |
| ESWATINI | Landlocked country in Southern Africa (8) |
| ENDFIELD | Cy ?, director of films Zulu and Sands of the Kalahari (8) |
| LEADROOF | It covered many churches in terrible flood era |
| ARID | It's dry in part of the Kalahari desert (4) |
| VANDERPOST | A godfather of Prince William who wrote about the plight of the South African bushmen in his book The Lost World of the Kalahari (3,3,4) |
| MEERKAT | Suricate living in groups known as mobs or gangs in the Kalahari Desert (7) |
| NAMIBIA | Country in Southern Africa, the capital of which is Windhoek (7) |
| GOITRE | One might have it in the neck and have it covered in blood (6) |
| LUSAKA | Capital city of a landlocked country in southern Africa which includes Copperbelt Province (6) |
| NGAMI | Lake in the Kalahari Desert |
| RIDES | Fairground attractions in the Kalahari Desert (5) |
| ANGOLA | Country in southern Africa (481,400 sq miles; pop about 33 million, since 1975 (6) |
| ZAMBIAN | Relating to a country in southern Africa (29,000 sq miles; pop about 20 million) (7) |
| LESOTHO | Landlocked country in Southern Africa whose capital is Maseru (7) |
| COVERT | Put the lid on the tea and keep it covered (6) |
| INSURED | In the beginning, was certain to have it covered (7) |
| ELITIST | One favouring the cream in coffee ultimately, menu has it covered (7) |
