| BOMA | Port in the DR Congo; capital of the Belgian Congo until 1926 |
| OKAPI | Only extant species of the family Giraffidae outside the genus Giraffa, native to the DR Congo (5) |
| ANNA | Played Lucy in House Husbands and Rose in The Dr Blake Mysteries (---- McGahan) |
| BRUGES | Capital of the Belgian province of West Flanders, known as the 'Venice of the North' (6) |
| ZAIRE | Former name of the Belgian Congo (5) |
| LEOPOLD | King ___, once ruler of the Belgian Congo (7) |
| LOUVAIN | French name of the Belgian town that was the stronghold of the dukes of Brabant in the Middle Ages (7) |
| VIRUNGA | ___ (formerly Albert) National Park, established in 1925 in what was then the Belgian Congo (7) |
| CASEMENT | Sir Roger, the British diplomat who exposed atrocities in the Belgian Congo and elsewhere (8) |
| ABURNTOUTCASE | Graham Greene novel set in the Belgian Congo (1,5-3,4) |
| GREEN | The colour of the eggs found with ham in the Dr Seuss children's book |
| HERGE | Pen name of the Belgian comic strip artist who created the The Adventures of Tintin |
| RWANDA | Country situated between Tanzania and The Democratic Republic of the Congo. Capital, Kigali (6) |
| BRABANT | Duke or Duchess of _ _ _ _ _ _ _ , title given to the heir apparent of the Belgian throne (7) |
| SNOWY | Tintin's four-legged companion in the English translations of the Belgian comic book series (5) |
| YERTLETHETURTLE | *Reptile depicted in the Dr. Seuss Sculpture Garden in Springfield, MA |
| OSTEND | Sailor could take care of the Belgian port (6) |
| DALEKS | Extraterrestrial creatures in the Dr. Who TV series (6) |
| TARDIS | Time machine featured in the Dr Who television series (6) |
| BRAZZAVILLE | Republic of the Congo capital |
