| OLIVERTAMBO | President of South Africa's African National Congress, 1967-91 |
| UMKHONTO | The military wing of South Africa's African National Congress, founded 16 December 1961 (8,2,5) |
| WESIZWE | The military wing of South Africa's African National Congress, founded 16 December 1961 (8,2,5) |
| TAMBO | He became acting president of the African National Congress in 1967 and continued in that role until |
| NELSONMANDELA | President of the African National Congress, 1991-97 (6,7) |
| ANNOYANCE | Anyone diverse outside African National Congress causes irritation (9) |
| RANCOROUS | Almost get excited about African National Congress men being hostile (9) |
| ANC | African National Congress, anagram (3) |
| MANDELA | *African National Congress leader released from prison |
| SANCTION | Something African National Congress tabled in opposing Nationalists, primarily? (8) |
| FAWNSHARP | *President of the National Congress of American Indians |
| SONIA | Gandhi who serves as the president of the Indian National Congress |
| NEHRU | Jawaharlal, statesman elected president of the Indian National Congress in 1928 (5) |
| FYNBOS | Distinctive shrubby vegetation (Afrikaans, 'fine bush') of South Africa's Cape of Good Hope, similar to the maquis of Mediterranean coastal regions (6) |
| PROTEAS | Nickname of South Africa's national cricket team (7) |
| THEMARSHALLPLAN | Supreme strategy (1967-91) |
| ANNIEBESANT | British-born theosophist, writer and political reformer who was the first female president of the Indian National Congress (5,6) |
| RAHUL | Indian politician and Member of Parliament who has served as the leader of the Indian National Congress and comes from a prominent political family.(First Name) (5) |
| AFRICAN | Self-defined as a disciplined force of the left is the ... National Congress |
| EXHUME | Dig out from the founder of the Indian National Congress (6) |
