| SPEKE | John Hanning ___ (1827-64), English explorer of Africa who named Lake Victoria in 1858 (5) |
| BARTH | Heinrich ___, German explorer of Africa (5) |
| LIVINGSTONE | Scottish missionary and explorer of Africa |
| BAKER | Samuel ___, 19th-century English explorer who named Lake Albert in Africa (5) |
| COURT | Manor house in Buckland Brewer, north Devon; birthplace of explorer John Hanning Speke (7,5) |
| SHAKA | Founder of the Zulu empire in southern Africa who died in 1828 (5) |
| CYRIL | President of South Africa who succeeded Jacob Zuma in February 2018 (5,9) |
| DENCH | Actress in the forthcoming Blithe Spirit who has played Queen Victoria in two films and the character "M" in several of the James Bond movies (5) |
| CABOT | English explorer of North America |
| NHILL | Situated on the Western Highway, Victoria, in which town is the poet John Shaw Neilson's cottage? (5) |
| INDIA | Empress of ___, title assumed by Queen Victoria in 1876 (5) |
| PLUMB | Metal bob that's said to follow Victoria in the orchard (5) |
| EIGHT | I thrice follow Victoria in the Latin calculation (5) |
| ORLEIGH | Manor house in Buckland Brewer, north Devon; birthplace of explorer John Hanning Speke (7,5) |
| ORLEIGHCOURT | Manor house in Buckland Brewer, north Devon; birthplace of explorer John Hanning Speke |
| LAKEVICTORIA | John Hanning Speke was the first European to see this body of water, in 1858 (4,8) |
| BRITISHCOLUMBIA | Province on the west coast of Canada whose name was chosen by Queen Victoria in 1858 (7,8) |
| RAMAPHOSA | President of South Africa who succeeded Jacob Zuma in February 2018 (5,9) |
| UGANDA | Landlocked country on Lake Victoria in East Africa (6) |
| DEKLERK | F.W. --- ---, the 9th State President of South Africa, who shared the Nobel Peace Prize with Nelson Mandela in 1993 (2,5) |
