| SPIONKOP | Mountain in the province of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa that gives its name to a January 1900 battle in the Boer Wars |
| DURBAN | The largest city in the South African province of KwaZulu-Natal (6) |
| IPHONE | "Nothing more than a luxury bauble that will appeal to a few gadget freaks," according to a January |
| COLENSO | Town in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa; scene of a December 1899 battle in the Second Boer War |
| MANGROVE | Salt-tolerant tree of KwaZulu-Natal and the Eastern Cape coasts (8) |
| START | Advice to a January procrastinator, Part 1 |
| NATAL | Former province of eastern South Africa merged with the bantustan of KwaZulu in 1994 (5) |
| DELFT | A city in the province of South Holland in the Netherlands known for the production of a tin-glazed earthenware (5) |
| BRECON | Market town in Powys, Wales, that gives its name to a mountain range to the south of it (6) |
| SPION | & 12D The Battle of -, conflict in January 1900 between Boer and British forces in the Second Boer War (5,3) |
| PARLIAMENT | UK legislative infrastructure that gives its name to a train service that continues to run to avoid the cost of closure (10) |
| NORTHOLT | Town in the London Borough of Ealing that gives its name to a Royal Air Force station nearby in South Ruislip (8) |
| IRISHSEA | It's taught in school to English in South Africa that it's all about the Isle of Man (5,3) |
| UMTATA | Former name of Mthatha, city in Eastern Cape, South Africa, that was capital of the Transkei Bantustan |
| CONNOR | Baroda cricketer ... Williams, who represented India in a match in South Africa that was stripped of its Test status. (6) |
| SHARPEVILLE | Township in southern Gauteng, South Africa that was the site of a massacre in 1960 (11) |
| HASTINGS | East Sussex resort that gives its name to a 1066 battle that took place eight miles to the north at Senlac Hill |
| LADYSMITH | Town in the KwaZulu-Natal province of eastern South Africa (9) |
| CLUNY | Town in the Saone-et-Loire department of eastern France that gives its name to a bobbin lace used in clothing etc. (5) |
| SOAY | Small Scottish island of the St Kilda group that gives its name to a brown-fleeced breed of sheep (4) |
