| SUDAN | Since 1983, a combination of civil war and famine has taken the lives of nearly two million people in this country (5) |
| ECLAIR | Jenny, since 1983 a stand-up comedian and author (6) |
| HORSEMEN | War and Famine, perhaps, ending in death, or the fluid of life? (8) |
| MANAUS | Brazilian city of more than two million people located within the Amazon rainforest |
| EARTH | Land in which famine has no beginning (5) |
| ANNVERONICA | 1909 novel by HG Wells, the story of "a young lady of nearly two-and-twenty" |
| ISLAM | Belief of nearly two billion people |
| LIPOGRAM | What's dropped letters of nearly two ounces outside post office |
| DECUSETTUTAMEN | Edge inscription on 1983 A£1 coins meaning "An ornament and a safeguard" |
| WBOSON | Discovered at CERN in 1983, a type of elementary particle involved in nuclear weak interaction, simi |
| GRANT | Commanding general of the Union Army in the US Civil War and 18th President of the US (5) |
| WORCESTER | Cathedral city, site of a battle that brought to an end the English Civil War and where a brand of sauce sometimes used to flavour Bloody Mary originated (9) |
| TRIPOLI | Site of a new station in Libya's capital, where work on a new network ceased as a result of civil war (7) |
| YORKTOWN | Virginia site of battles in both the American Civil War and War Of Independence (8) |
| MALINGA | Sri Lankan yorker specialist who has taken the most wickets in the history of the IPL |
| NARINE | Mystery spinner who has taken the most wickets for KKR, he has also played a key role as a pinch hitter |
| PAULBETTANY | English actor whose films include Iron Man, Iron Man 2, The Avengers, Iron Man 3, Avengers: Age of Ultron, Captain America: Civil War and Avengers: Infinity War (4,7) |
| NOW | Word for "tout de suite" that is the short name of a series of compilation albums released since 1983 (3) |
| DOCTOR | Physician who has taken the Hippocratic oath to "do no harm"; informal word for a ship's cook; artificial fly used in salmon fishing; or, a nickname of W. G. Grace (6) |
| PULL | A tug on the line when a fish has taken the fly (4) |
