| LUMUMBA | Patrice -, first prime minister of the Republic of the Congo (7) |
| CABINDA | Northern exclave of Angola, bordered by the Republic of the Congo, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, and the Atlantic Ocean. (7) |
| HAUGHEY | Charles, prime minister of the Republic of Ireland 1987-92 (7) |
| LEARNED | "Thomas Bodley has built this library for you and the republic of the ____" (Oxford university library entrance) |
| DJIBOUTI | Port city and capital of the republic of the same name that lies on the southern shore of the Gulf of Tadjoura, an inlet of the Gulf of Aden (8) |
| WALPOLE | Whig statesman regarded as the first prime minister of Great Britain (7) |
| NEHRU | The first prime minister of the Republic of India |
| TAOISEACH | The official title of the prime minister of the Republic of Ireland (9) |
| ROMAN | The name for the ancient empire that spanned the Mediterranean Sea; it was established in 27 BCE after the fall of the republic of the same name. (5) |
| NKRUMAH | First prime minister of Ghana |
| GREEN | The third colour on the flags of Bolivia and the Republic of the Congo along with red and yellow |
| BRAZZAVILLE | The capital and largest city of the Republic of the Congo (11) |
| BRUTON | John, prime minister of the Republic of Ireland 1994-7 (6) |
| MANILA | Name the capital of the Republic of the Philippines (6) |
| COSGRAVE | Liam ?, prime minister of the Republic of Ireland from 1973-77 (8) |
| AHERN | Bertie, prime minister of the Republic of Ireland 1997-2008 (5) |
| LYNCH | John, known as Jack, prime minister of the Republic of Ireland 1977-9 (5) |
| MARCOS | Ferdinand _, president of the Republic of the Philippines from 1965 until he was ousted by the People Power Revolution in 1986 (6) |
| GABON | West African country whose longest river is the Ogooue, sourced in the Republic of the Congo (5) |
| KHARTOUM | Capital city of the Republic of the Sudan (8) |
