| KUALA | The last of Britain's SE Asian colonies, Malaya, celebrated independence in ... Lumpur on August 30, |
| COMEDY | The ___ of Errors, Shakespeare's shortest play; a rare performance takes place at Hare Hill Hall, Over Alderley on August 30 (6) |
| SEATTLEMARINERS | Ken Griffey Jr. hit a home run for this team on August 30, 1990; the previous batter, Ken Griffey Sr., had also just hit one |
| GHANA | Situated on the coast of the Gulf of Guinea, this country achieved independence in 1957 under the leadership of Kwame Nkrumah. |
| EASTASIA | Washington Post Meta - Saturday August 30, 2025 |
| PHILADELPHIA | City in Pennsylvania, US, that saw the signing of the Declaration of Independence in 1776 (12) |
| TWOINTHEBUSH | 1966 book by Gerald Durrell describing a six-month tour of New Zealand, Australia and Malaya with the BBC Natural History Unit |
| LAY | What the chickens do in Malaya (3) |
| AYAH | Nursemaid in Malaya held in esteem (4) |
| YLANGYLANG | Unknown archbishop - years before that man may have grown up in Malaya (5-5) |
| PRAU | Craft in Malaya got back up and took Academician aboard (4) |
| REPULSE | British battleship sunk off Malaya by Japanese aircraft in December 1941 (7) |
| IANSMITH | Prime minister of Rhodesia responsible for the Unilateral Declaration of Independence in 1965 |
| ERITREA | Country in the Horn of Africa which achieved independence in 1993 (7) |
| BAHAMAS | The ___ , archipelago northwest of the West Indies that gained independence in 1973 (7) |
| ESWATINI | Swaziland celebrated the 50th anniversary of its independence in 2018 by changing its name to. (8) |
| SOUTHCHINASEA | It lies between Malaya and the Philippines (5,5,3) |
| MANAGEABILITY | Ease of handling Malaya: begin it like this (13) |
| WARMLY | Fight over odd pieces of Malaya with passion |
| KRIS | Risk swapping it for a dagger in Malaya (4) |
