| CARACAS | Accra flourished in the role of capital city (7) |
| EASTERN | The E of LNER, one the 'big four' railways companies that flourished in the UK before the government takeover of services |
| ARTDECO | Style of architecture and design that flourished in the US and Europe in the 1920s and 1930s (3,4) |
| ESPARTO | Proteas flourished in the grass |
| ACHIEVE | Get king out of capital city in some discomfort |
| DEEPEST | One side of capital city on river, most significant (7) |
| IMAGISM | Poetic movement that flourished in England and the US in the early 20th century, pioneered by Ezra Pound and T. E. Hulme (7) |
| ARSNOVA | Musical style that flourished in France and the Burgundian Low Countries in the Late Middle Ages |
| CATHARS | Religious sect which flourished in southern France during the 12th century (7) |
| LINSEED | Oil producer flourished in Leeds (7) |
| LUNATIC | Madman flourished in a cult (7) |
| CARDIAC | The worst kind of arrest in Accra - I'd got awfully ill (7) |
| ARISING | Originating in the east end of Accra prior to rebellion (7) |
| POTTERIES | The six towns of Stoke on Trent collectively, where Burleigh, Doulton, Mintons, Wedgwood and Spode flourished in the 19th century (9) |
| SUMER | An area in Mesopotamia with a civilisation that flourished in the 3rd millennium BC (5) |
| LUXEMBOURG | Mule, ox and grub flourished in the country (10) |
| MEDIEVAL | Evil dame flourished in the Middle Ages (8) |
| TRILOBITES | Ancient arthropods that flourished in the Lower Paleozoic era (10) |
| INDONESIA | No idea sin flourished in the country (9) |
| CURACAO | Liqueur that's fashionable in Accra perhaps with duck |
