| TANGIERS | City in Africa strange, I gathered (8) |
| PRETORIA | Garbled report I get on a city in Africa (8) |
| PECULIAR | That's strange, I clear up confusion (8) |
| KINSHASA | Relative quiet as a city in Africa (8) |
| CAPETOWN | Cork, English part of Dublin, for instance, and port city in Africa (4,4) |
| ISTANBUL | Eurasian city, Byzantium's capital embraced by sultan, I gathered (8) |
| NAIROBI | Broken biro in a city in Africa |
| IRIDIUM | Heavy metal, one that's strange, I had one inside (7) |
| ANAGRAMMATISED | Strange - I am getting Adam all mixed up? (14) |
| WEIRD | Strange - I drew up either side (5) |
| LEGION | Strange, i.e. long and numerous (6) |
| GARDENIA | Shrub represented a danger, I gathered (8) |
| LATINIST | Classics expert least likely to get money, I gathered (8) |
| ARTICLES | Scarlet, I gathered -are those red, did you say? (8) |
| ESPALIER | Trainer asleep I gathered before start of race (8) |
| NATIONAL | Description of some anthems one recalled: key-based, I gathered (8) |
| SMOOTHIE | Drink, some hot I gathered (8) |
| DIATRIBE | Tirade I gathered filled with bitterness, primarily? (8) |
| MNEMONIC | Memory aid for a thousand con men, I gathered (8) |
| GARNERED | Re-reading novel, but skipping, I gathered (8) |
