| RHODES | Cecil -, British financier; prime minister of the Cape Colony from 1890-96 (6) |
| CECILRHODES | British imperialist who was prime minister of the Cape Colony from 1890 to 1896 (5,6) |
| JAMESON | Leander Starr, Prime Minister of the Cape Colony, South Africa 1904-08 (7) |
| BEATON | Cecil, British society photographer who died in 1980 (6) |
| QUEBEC | Canadian province which was a French colony from 1608-1763 (6) |
| ASPECT | There's a view of the cape in this street (6) |
| BOLAND | This part of the Cape is a throw-back for starters, no doubt ... (6) |
| GRIFFO | World featherweight boxing champion from 1890, 'Young ...' (6) |
| CEYLON | British crown colony from 1802 to 1948 |
| VOORTREKKER | One of the original Afrikaner settlers who migrated from the Cape Colony in the 1830's (11) |
| ERITREA | Italian colony from 1890 to 1941 |
| HOPE | Headland on the Atlantic coast of the Cape Peninsula in South Africa, the Cape of Good _ (4) |
| WILHELMINA | Queen of the Netherlands from 1890 to 1948; the longest-reigning Dutch monarch (10) |
| CECIL | Mining magnate who became Prime Minister of Cape Colony, - Rhodes (5) |
| GREATTREK | Migration of Boer farmers in Cape Colony, South Africa from 1836-45 in order to escape British authority (5,4) |
| WALTERRALEIGH | British financier of American colonies, for whom North Carolina's capital is named: 2 wds. |
| HONGKONG | British crown colony from 1842 to 1997 (4,4) |
| FIJI | Pacific island nation, a British colony from 1874 to 1970 |
| ARTISAN | The skilled worker in Cathcart is a necessary part of the Cape economy (7) |
| DUNES | "If you like making love at midnight, in the ___ of the cape" |