| TRANSKEI | Former state given nominal independence by South Africa in 1976, part of the Eastern Cape province since 1994 |
| UITENHAGE | Officially renamed Kariega, an industrial town in the Eastern Cape Province of South Africa (9) |
| LESLIE | Andy ___ captain of the All Blacks on their tour to South Africa in 1976 (6) |
| AUDITOR | One hears a declaration of independence by politician being curtailed |
| ALBANY | Area with length and breadth, some part of the Eastern Cape (6) |
| KALAHARI | The large basinlike plain of the interior plateau of Southern Africa. It occupies almost all of Botswana, the eastern third of Namibia, and the northernmost part of Northern Cape province in South Afr |
| GRADIENT | Former Bantustan of South Africa now part of Eastern Cape Province (8) |
| XHOSA | Second-largest ethnic group in South Africa after the Zulus, mostly living in Eastern Cape province (5) |
| NAMIB | A cool coastal desert extending for 1,200 miles (1,900 km) along the Atlantic coast of Africa from Angola southward across Namibia to the Western Cape province of South Africa. |
| EASTLONDON | River port in Eastern Cape Province, South Africa (4,6) |
| FRANCOLIN | The Cape ___ or spurfowl is a game bird of the pheasant family found in the Cape provinces and Namibia (9) |
| LEGLESS | Common skinks in the Eastern Cape are: Eastern ___ Skink, Variable Skink, Red-sided Skink, Cape Skink |
| WILDCOAST | Rugged shoreline section of the Eastern Cape(4,5) |
| KIMBERLEY | Capital of the Northern Cape province of South Africa (9) |
| STELLENBOSCH | University town in South Africa's Western Cape province, famous for its nearby vineyards |
| LONDON | English city or part of it in the Eastern Cape (6) |
| FENCE | Sneezewood Ptaeroxylon obliquum: The most common wood used for ___ posts in the Eastern Cape. (5) |
| NAMIBIA | Country situated between Angola and the Cape Province of South Africa |
| AZTEC | Indian alphabet limits the eastern Cape in the beginning (5) |
| EBOLA | Deadly virus that broke out in Africa in 1976 |
