| BARBARYCOAST | Old name for part of north Africa, once a centre of piracy |
| MANWEB | Regional electricity supplier for part of north-west England and North Wales (6) |
| MAINSAIL | Post held in South Africa, once a principal means of propulsion (8) |
| TORTUGA | Caribbean island of Haiti off northwest Hispaniola once a centre of piracy (7) |
| NUMIDIA | Ancient Roman name for the part of North Africa roughly corresponding to present-day Algeria (7) |
| SAHARA | Admit Che Guevara hasn't upset a large part of North Africa (6) |
| ERITREA | Retire in disarray to a part of North Africa (7) |
| HERB | Familiar name for part of a motherboard (4) |
| ELVIS | Name for part of a steel visor (5) |
| ISIS | Alternative name for part of the River Thames, derived from its ancient name, Tamesis (4) |
| MOTHERWELL | Former burgh in Lanarkshire (pop 32,000), once a centre of steel production (10) |
| MERTHYRTYDFIL | Town once a centre of South Wales coal mining (7,6) |
| NORWICH | English city, once a centre of the canary-breeding trade |
| REDRUTH | Cornish town, once a centre of copper mining (7) |
| NORTHAMPTON | County town once a centre of the footwear industry |
| STHELENS | Merseyside town once a centre of the glass industry |
| TUNIS | Units ordered to part of North Africa (5) |
| BARBARITY | Savagery's the thing in part of North Africa |
| REDFOX | Vulpes vulpes: animal found in North America, Europe, Asia, and parts of North Africa (3,3) |
| MANE | Name for part of a horse |
