| THERATSOFTOBRUK | Survivors of another long standoff in Africa - the far burst took effect! (3,4,2,6) |
| SIEGEOFMAFEKING | Game of king - see if it's a breakthrough in long-running military standoff in Africa (5,2,8) |
| SAGA | Droop before start of another long story (4) |
| POPPED | Burst; took (illegal drug) (slang) |
| SHIRE | River in Africa; the only outlet of Lake Malawi (5) |
| QAT | A small plant found in africa, the fresh leaf is chewed for a stimulating effect (3) |
| ARROW | Based on finds in Africa, the use of what projectile dates back 25,000 years? (5) |
| GHANA | In Africa, the British crown colony called Gold Coast became what in 1957? (5) |
| DEMASDUIT | Real name of Mary March, one of the last known survivors of the Beothuk culture of Newfoundland |
| COLDWAR | Armed conflict in the snow or political standoff in the fifties? (4,3) |
| HOPE | Headland on the Atlantic coast of the Cape Peninsula in South Africa, the Cape of Good _ (4) |
| WACO | Texas city that was the site of an infamous standoff in 1993 |
| ATHEEL | In Africa, the elephant's following (2,4) |
| SAHARA | In Africa, the first letter to upset Sarah (6) |
| LOST | It tells the tale of the survivors of Oceanic Flight 815 |
| DARLING | Daughter of a lighthouse keeper on the Farne Islands who rescued stranded survivors of the wrecked Forfarshire (7) |
| SOMALIA | Country in the Horn of Africa, the capital of which is Mogadishu (7) |
| MAGOG | Gog and ___, in British folklore two giants, the only survivors of a race of giants destroyed by Brutus (5) |
| ONTHBEACH | 1959 film with Ava Gardner as one of the last survivors of a nuclear war 3 wds |
| CARACAL | Also known as the desert lynx, or Persian lynx, this short-tailed cat is found in the hills, deserts, and plains of Africa, the Middle East, and central and southwestern Asia. |
