| JOLLOFRICE | Food central to a "war" between Ghana and Nigeria |
| SOURGRAPES | Food central to a fable about a sore loser |
| MALIGN | Libel African state and leaders of Ghana and Nigeria (6) |
| WESTAFRICA | Which geographical region includes Ghana and Nigeria? (4,6) |
| YAMS | Staple root vegetables of Ghana and Nigeria |
| OPIUM | Drug central to a 19th-century war between Great Britain and China |
| TREES | The ---, a Rush song about a war between oaks and maples (5) |
| GULLIVER | In a novel, who settled a war between King Bombo and King Little? (8) |
| JENKINSEAR | Its removal sparked a war between Britain and Spain in 1739 (7,3) |
| FALKLANDISLANDS | Site of a war between the U.K. and Argentina: 2 wds |
| ROBERTADAIR | British diplomat accredited with preventing a war between Belgium and the Netherlands (6,5) |
| TOGO | Republic between Ghana and Benin (4) |
| CIVILWAR | A war between citizens of the same country (5,3) |
| PATTYPAN | Central to a Beatrix Potter tale, a dish or tin in which to bake a little pie or cake; or, a miniature scalloped cymling squash, resembling this (8) |
| VICARAGE | Type of clergy house central to a village and the scene of a murder in a novel by Agatha Christie (8) |
| LABUBU | Doll central to a popular (and weird) trend of 2025 |
| CRIMEA | Atrocity leading to a war scene (6) |
| AWARDED | Gave honours to a war-dead, we hear (7) |
| IRAQ | Queen following republican army to a war (4) |
| CLEARONESTHROAT | Cough central to a horse disorder (5,4,6) |
