| CAPEOFGOODHOPE | Go into fancy cheap food and nearly open place in South Africa (4,2,4,4) |
| AJAR | It's nearly open for a glass of beer |
| DOWNMEMORYLANE | Depressed over note, and nearly drunk, take a trip here? (4,6,4) |
| SHELLAC | Polish in Old Nick's place in South Africa with first cousins (7) |
| SHEBEEN | An unlicensed drinking place in South Africa and Ireland (7) |
| SPLAYS | Spreads out in place in South Africa? Oddly yes (6) |
| KRAAL | Or a place in South Africa to keep neat for a lark (5) |
| CAPETOWN | Place in South Africa OPEC want developed (4,4) |
| PLAZA | Open place in Madrid or La Paz complex (5) |
| GLADE | An open place in forest...sunny, extremely serene (8) |
| LADYSMITH | Craftswoman's place in South Africa |
| TOWNSHIP | A place in South Africa? (8) |
| LIMA | From a place in Africa, cycling to a place in South America (4) |
| OYSTER | Shellfish in a phylum that includes the clam, cockle, mussel, periwinkle and scallop, once a cheap food, now considered a delicacy (6) |
| ECCENTRIC | Community centre nearly opens in Clonmel and that's odd (9) |
| ELDORADO | Fabled place in South America rich in treasure sought by Spanish explorers in the 16th century |
| GLADES | Open places in a forest (6) |
| ARABIA | I am meeting up with two of my mates in a bar in West Ashton to arrange our trip to a place in south-west Asia (6) |
| BOGOTA | Book to go around a place in South America (6) |
| SPAMMING | Cheap food of a former Chinese period sending a bad message? |