| REPUBLIC | and 17ac, State of Africa from 1958-75 that is now Madagascar (8,8) |
| MALAGASY | and 17ac, State of Africa from 1958-75 that is now Madagascar (8,8) |
| MADAGASCAR | Island in the Indian Ocean that was known as the Malagasy Republic from 1958-75 (10) |
| VERWOERD | Hendrik ?, prime minister of South Africa from 1958-66 (8) |
| NAMIB | A cool coastal desert extending for 1,200 miles (1,900 km) along the Atlantic coast of Africa from Angola southward across Namibia to the Western Cape province of South Africa. |
| CRETACEOUS | Period that saw the separation of Africa from South America |
| MOROCCO | Recalls officer from firm having memory of the state of Africa? (7) |
| SCYTHIA | Ancient region of Europe and Asia, north of the Black Sea, that is now part of the Ukraine |
| TRANSKEI | Former Xhosa homeland of South Africa that is now part of Eastern Cape province (8) |
| CHAD | Landlocked state of Africa whose capital is N'Djamena (4) |
| MACAU | Former Portuguese colony that is now a Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of Chi |
| HUNTINGDON | Chief town of a historic county that is now part of Cambridgeshire |
| UGANDA | Some shrug and admire state of Africa (6) |
| READYTOGO | All set for study year on the state of Africa (5,2,2) |
| UHURA | "Star Trek" officer from the United States of Africa |
| EPIDAUROS | Ancient Greek city on the Argolid coast and home to a sanctuary that is now a Unesco World Heritage Site, named after the son of Apollo (9) |
| ARGO | Ptolemaic constellation that is now divided into Carina (the keel), Puppis (the poop deck) and Vela |
| SACRAMENTO | California gold rush city that is now the state's capital |
| ASSYRIA | Ancient country that is now part of northern Iraq (7) |
| PORTIXOL | Former fishing village that is now a trendy suburb of Palma, Mallorca (8) |
