| GOLDCOAST | Former name of Ghana, until 1957 (4,5) |
| GOLD | Former name of Ghana, until 1957 (4,5) |
| COAST | Former name of Ghana, until 1957 (4,5) |
| GHANA | Republic of western Africa formerly (until 1957) a British colony known as the Gold Coast (5) |
| MILES | His album, Birth Of The Cool, wasn't released until 1957, jazz trumpeter ... Davis |
| MALAYA | British protectorate until 1957 |
| NBA | It had a team in Ft. Wayne, Indiana until 1957 |
| MALYA | British protectorate until 1957 |
| EBBETS | ___ Field (major league stadium until 1957) |
| ANNA | Small Indian coin, until 1957 |
| NASH | Car until 1957 |
| AKUFOADDO | President of Ghana re-elected for a second term on 7 December 2020 (4,5-4) |
| TWI | One of the two chief dialects of the Akan language of Ghana (3) |
| ANATOLIA | Part of Asia or of Ghana (to liar) (8) |
| CEDI | Unit of currency of Ghana, divided into 100 pesewas (4) |
| ACCRA | Port on the Gulf of Guinea and capital of Ghana (5) |
| NKRUMAH | Kwame ___, advocate of Pan-Africanism and the first President of Ghana |
| STAR | Symbol in the middle of the flags of Ghana and Senegal |
| PESEWA | Currency unit of Ghana equal to one hundredth of a cedi (6) |
| VOLTA | The chief river of Ghana, which flows south to the Bight of Benin (5) |
