| BIRR | Monetary unit of Ethiopia |
| HAILESELASSIE | A member of the Ethiopian Orthodox Church, this last emperor of Ethiopia never accepted the status of god accorded to him by the Rastafari movement (5,8) |
| NEGUS | Title of Emperor of Ethiopia |
| SOMALI | One of five official languages of Ethiopia |
| ERITREA | Horn of Africa country on the Red Sea, north of Ethiopia (7) |
| TANA | Largest lake of Ethiopia which is the source of the Blue nile River |
| MAAONNEN | Birth name of Haile Selassie I of Ethiopia (6,8) |
| TAFARI | Birth name of Haile Selassie I of Ethiopia (6,8) |
| RASTA | Shortened name for a member of a Jamaican religion that regards a former emperor of Ethiopia as God (5) |
| SELASSIE | Part of the name taken by the newly crowned emperor of Ethiopia in 1930 (8) |
| ABYSSINIA | Historical name of the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia |
| GENUS | Species of antelopes round the capital of Ethiopia (5) |
| TEJ | Kind of honey wine or mead, the national drink of Ethiopia (3) |
| ADDIS | Capital of Ethiopia (pop 2.7 million), the headquarters of the African Union (5,5) |
| ABABA | Capital of Ethiopia (pop 2.7 million), the headquarters of the African Union (5,5) |
| CEPHEUS | Which constellation near the north celestial pole has a name derived from that of a king of Ethiopia (7) |
| ERITREAN | Of a country that used to be part of Ethiopia (8) |
| EVELYNWAUGH | Who wrote the novel Scoop based on his experiences of the Italian invasion of Ethiopia? (6,5) |
| EONS | Leader of Ethiopia discussing short periods of time (4) |
| HAILE | Title of Ras Tafari Makonnen, former emperor of Ethiopia (5,8) |
