| COLOBUS | Leaf-eating monkey of West and central Africa with reduced or absent thumbs (7) |
| EDENTATA | Former name of the order Xenarthra, comprising mammals with reduced or absent teeth (8) |
| ROYAL | ___ python, constrictor of West and Central Africa (5) |
| LANGUR | Leaf-eating monkey |
| GULFOFGUINEA | Geography (iii): Area of the Atlantic Ocean between West and Central Africa (4,2,6) |
| SKINK | Lizard of tropical Asia and Africa with reduced limbs (5) |
| TUAREG | Semi-nomadic Berber people of west and south Sahara (6) |
| COMPOTE | Old French-derived "put together" pudding of fruits or "mixed" breakfast dish of berries, cooked, preserved, reduced or stewed in sugar syrup (7) |
| EASTERN | ___ snake-eater, venomous snake of east and central Africa (7) |
| SWAHILI | Widely used language of east and central Africa (7) |
| APPEASE | Placate vegetable-eating monkey (7) |
| DESPAIR | A state in which all hope is lost or absent. Synonyms: desperation |
| OKAPI | Mammal of the forests of central Africa with a reddish-brown coat (5) |
| MANGABEY | Large arboreal Old World monkey of central Africa with white upper eyelids (8) |
| CABAL | Mammal of forests of central Africa with a reddish-brown coat (5) |
| UGALI | Popular maize porridge of East and Central Africa similar to the Italian polenta and American grits (5) |
| BANTU | Group of peoples who inhabit southern, eastern and central Africa (5) |
| SESELI | Genus of over 100 herbaceous perennial plants of the Umbelliferae family whose umbels are compound, with bracts few or absent |
| CHAD | Landlocked country In N central Africa with the capital N'Djamena (4) |
| REMISSION | Medical term referring to a period during which symptoms of a disease are reduced or disappear, often used in the context of chronic illnesses like cancer. (9) |
