| NKOMO | Joshua ___, Zimbabwean politician (5) |
| DUFFY | Joshua _, U20 Individual World Champ 2023 (5) |
| SITHOLE | Ndabaningi, Zimbabwean politician born in 1920 (7) |
| BRAIN | David, Zimbabwean cricketer who played in nine Tests (5) |
| SHONA | Zimbabwean language (5) |
| DORIS | British-Zimbabwean novelist awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 2007; The Grass Is Singing (1950), The Golden Notebook (1962) etc. (5,7) |
| GLORY | 2022 novel by Zimbabwean author NoViolet Bulawayo, inspired by George Orwell's Animal Farm (5) |
| PRICE | Nick ..., Zimbabwean winner of the 1992 and 1994 US PGA Championship (5) |
| CECIL | Zimbabwean lion in 2015 news |
| TREE | U2's "The Joshua ___" |
| REYNOLDS | Sir Joshua ___ (1723 - 94) |
| CABE | "The Daughters of Joshua ___" (1972 Buddy Ebsen film) |
| LIONEL | Joshua ___ Cowen (model train mogul) |
| KIMMICH | Joshua ___, Germany and Bayern Munich midfielder (7) |
| WILLIS | Imogen and Joshua __, siblings who live together on Ramsay Street (6) |
| SLOCUM | Joshua __, sailor and author of Sailing Alone Around the World (1900) (6) |
| DECAIRES | Joshua ___, Middlesex batter, son of former England captain Michael Atherton, who took 8-106 against Essex in 2023 (2,6) |
| THEN | '85 James Woods film about a Jewish writer's life, Joshua ___ and Now. |
| AFRICANDAISY | Local bloomer a Zimbabwean sort of wheel? (7,5) |
| LESSING | British-Zimbabwean novelist awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 2007; The Grass Is Singing (1950), The Golden Notebook (1962) etc. (5,7) |
