| SMUTS | Longtime prime minister of South Africa in the first half of the 20th century, Jan ... |
| RICE | Who led South Africa in the first-ever series after its return to international cricket in 1991? (4) |
| WILLS | Playing in the first half of the twentieth century, she is still considered to be one of the greatest all-time tennis stars of the US and the world; Helen ... Moody |
| HUANGHUA | Chinese diplomat instrumental in normalising relations with the US and Japan in the latter half of the 20th century; Minister of Foreign Affairs 1976-83 (5,3) |
| CANVEY | Essex island, which became a holiday destination in the first half of the 20th century |
| CROSSPLY | ____ tyres were popular in the first half of the 20th century |
| EMPIREDAY | Annual event held in the first half of the 20th century on what was Queen Victoria's birthday (6,3) |
| NANCYASTOR | American-born British female politician of the first half of the 20th century (5,5) |
| DENIM | Fabric for the working man which made up the iconic garment of the second half of the twentieth century |
| BOTHA | First of the eight prime ministers of South Africa, in office from 1910 to 1919 (5,5) |
| LOUIS | First of the eight prime ministers of South Africa, in office from 1910 to 1919 (5,5) |
| CELERY | You can see this plant of the parsley family growing all around the outskirts of Croyle in the first half of the year (6) |
| PRETORIA | Administrative capital of South Africa, in the north- eastern province of Gauteng (8) |
| OLLIE | Bowler who took 9-78 for Sussex against Glamorgan in Cardiff in the 2021 County Championship and 5-49 for England against South Africa in the 3rd Test at The Oval in 2022 (5) |
| ROBINSON | Bowler who took 9-78 for Sussex against Glamorgan in Cardiff in the 2021 County Championship and 5-49 for England against South Africa in the 3rd Test at The Oval in 2022 (8) |
| DONIZETTI | Gaetano ---, a leading Italian composer of the bel canto opera style in the first half of the 19th Century (9) |
| CAPETOWN | Legislative capital of South Africa, in the SW on Table Bay (4,4) |
| CERES | Body in our solar system that was considered a planet in the first half of the 19th century |
| DANIELOCONNELL | Roman Catholic political leader in Ireland in the first half of the 19th Century (6,8) |
| HERTZOG | J B M ___, prime minister of South Africa from 1924-39 (7) |
