| GUINEABISSAU | Republic of --- ---, country in West Africa, bordering Senegal to the North (6-6) |
| BISSAU | see 12dn, West African republic bordered by Senegal to the north |
| GUINEA | see 12dn, West African republic bordered by Senegal to the north |
| DJIBOUTI | Country in the Horn of Africa, bordering on the Red Sea and the Gulf of Aden (8) |
| SAHEL | Semiarid region of western and north central Africa extending from Senegal to Sudan (5) |
| DANE | Citizen of country in northern Europe (16,631 sq miles; pop 6 million). It joined the EU in 1973 (4) |
| MAGHREB | A region of northwest Africa bordering the Mediterranean Sea that includes Morocco (7) |
| RARINTOGO | Extremely keen to do something to reign, say, over right country in west Africa (5',2,2) |
| MALI | Country in West Africa, home to the city Timbuktu (4) |
| MALIAN | Relating to a landlocked country in west Africa (pop about 22 million (6) |
| GABON | Libreville is the capital of which country in West Africa? (5) |
| NEWSOUTHWALES | Modern part of country in the Antipodes (3,5,5) |
| INFRASTRUCTURE | Furniture tsar designed seen around west of country in schools and offices for example (14) |
| ANGOLA | Old bank misbehaved with a country in west Africa (6) |
| SENEGAL | Country in West Africa with the capital Dakar (7) |
| HANA | Equitorial country in West Africa, on the Atlantic coast (5) |
| LIBERIA | Country in west Africa (43,000 sq miles; pop about 5 million), founded in 1822 (7) |
| MALAWI | Country in West Africa, lake also mentioned initially turning up? (6) |
| NIGERIAN | Relating to a country in west Africa, independent since 1960 (8) |
| IVORYCOAST | The most biodiverse country in West Africa (5,5) |
