| AZIKIWE | Nnamdi ___, Nigerian statesman; independent Nigeria's first Governor General (1960-3) (7) |
| IBADAN | Nigeria's first university, established in 1948 (6) |
| SIMIAN | Primate of Nigeria's first objective is revolutionary |
| WORRELL | Frank, West Indies cricket captain 1960-3 (7) |
| HANCOCK | First governor of Massachusetts |
| CLINTON | New York's first governor |
| JINNAH | Muhammad Ali ?, first Governor-General of Pakistan from 1947-48 (6) |
| MONCK | 1867 to 1868: The Viscount ___ (Canada's first Governor General) |
| MUHAMMAD | First Governor-General of the new nation of Pakistan, ... Ali Jinnah |
| BENHUR | Best Picture Oscar winner in 1960 (3-3) |
| THEBYRDS | 1960-3 band which covered the songs Turn! Turn! Turn and Mr. Tambourine Men (3,5) |
| BURT | First name of Mr Ward who played Robin in the 1960-3 Batman TV series (4) |
| BLUE | One Fish, Two Fish,- - - - Fish, Fish, rhyming book by Dr Seuss first published in 1960 (3) |
| RED | One Fish, Two Fish,- - - - Fish, Fish, rhyming book by Dr Seuss first published in 1960 (3) |
| RIO | _ de Janeiro, capital of Brazil from 1763 to 1960 (3) |
| TAL | Mikhail, Latvian who became world chess champion in 1960 (3) |
| THE | English rock band formed in Liverpool in 1960 (3) |
| ACHEBE | Chinua ___, Nigerian author best known for his first novel, Things Fall Apart |
| JOHNRUTLEDGE | US statesman and jurist, the first Governor of South Carolina (4,8) |
| IGHALO | Odion ___, Nigerian striker who joined Watford from Udinese in 2014 |
