| REACHADEADEND | Read about African country to the east of this gulf, where you may go no further (5,1,4,3) |
| NAPLES | Mount Vesuvius lies to the east of this historic Italian city |
| TI | The east of this island gained its independence from Indonesia in 2002 (5) |
| SLAUGHTERED | Hauled the rest to the gulf where massacred |
| ABYSS | Gulf where sailor's on ship defending capital of Yemen |
| ADEN | Gulf where Somali pirates prowl |
| RUANLANIHORNE | They're building a non-rural hotel two miles north-east of this village near Trewarthenick (4,9) |
| SAMBROWNEBELT | African country to soften over summit and ben damaged by army issue (3,6,4) |
| MALI | African country to the east of Mauritania |
| ZIMBABWE | African country to the east of Botswana (8) |
| BENIN | Small W African country, to the east of Togo (5) |
| CAMETOAFULLSTOP | Got to the end of the written sentence; could go no further (4,2,1,4,4) |
| BACKTOSQUAREONE | Where you may go after reaching an impasse ... or a hint for solving this puzzle's 12 starred clues |
| AZERI | Inhabitant or language of the country to the east of Georgia |
| SPA | Special area where you may go to relax |
| ERITREA | An African country to the north of Ethiopia (7) |
| GEORGIA | Country to the east of the Black Sea (7) |
| PALMTREE | Where you may go for a date (4,4) |
| FOURTHDOWN | Football situation where you may "go for it" (2 wds.) |
| MISSTHEOUT | Overlook the score and go no further in the game (4,3,3) |
