| African river or country | 24 |
| African republic or lake | 24 |
| African republic inhabitant | 27 |
| African republic (formerly) | 27 |
| African reed instruments | 24 |
| African Queen e.g. | 22 |
| African port of 2.2 million | 27 |
| African political movement | 26 |
| African plants, informally | 26 |
| African plains grazers | 22 |
| African pastoral people | 23 |
| African of Dutch descent | 24 |
| African Nobelist for Peace | 26 |
| African native village | 22 |
| African nation SW of Zaire | 26 |
| African nation since 1993 | 25 |
| African money units: Var. | 25 |
| African member of OPEC | 22 |
| African marsh-dwelling snake | 28 |
| African mammals, for short | 26 |
| African living in Kinshasa | 26 |
| African livestock pens | 22 |
| African linguistic group | 24 |
| African language grouping | 25 |
| African language group | 22 |
| African language family | 23 |
| African land: Initials | 22 |
| African lake or republic | 24 |
| African kingdom: abbr. | 22 |
| African horned charger | 22 |
| African grassland grazer | 24 |
| African goddess of fiction | 26 |
| African fight site for Ali | 26 |
| African expedition, e.g. | 24 |
| African evergreen shrub | 23 |
| African disease spreaders | 25 |
| African disease carrier | 23 |
| African country: Abbr. | 22 |
| African country nearest Spain | 29 |
| African cooked tangy pie (8) | 28 |
| African coastal region | 22 |
| African coastal capital | 23 |
| African city near dams | 22 |
| African city near a dam | 23 |
| African chieftain (Var.) | 24 |
| African cattle disease | 22 |
| African capital with a metro | 28 |
| African capital until 1991 | 26 |
| African capital since 1912 | 26 |
| African capital of 11 million | 29 |
| African beast, for short | 24 |
| African badgerlike animal | 25 |
| African antelope: Var. | 22 |
| African antelope's haven? | 29 |
| African antelope or Chevrolet | 29 |
| African animal, for short | 25 |
| Africa-to-Asia land bridge | 26 |
| Africa, to Rastafarians | 23 |
| Africa's _____ Mountains | 28 |
| Africa's ___ Victoria | 25 |
| Africa's ___ Tomé | 24 |
| Africa's ___ Mountains | 26 |
| Africa's ___ Coast | 22 |
| Africa's westernmost port | 29 |
| Africa's western port | 25 |
| Africa's Sierra ___ | 23 |
| Africa's Sierra __ | 22 |
| Africa's Sierra -- | 22 |
| Africa's oldest republic | 28 |
| Africa's oldest democracy | 29 |
| Africa's Mobutu ___ Seko | 28 |
| Africa's Mobutu __ Seko | 27 |
| Africa's longest river | 26 |
| Africa's largest nation | 27 |
| Africa's largest land | 25 |
| Africa's largest desert | 27 |
| Africa's largest country | 28 |
| Africa's largest city | 25 |
| Africa's highest point | 26 |
| Africa's highest peak | 25 |
| Africa's Burkina ____ | 25 |
| Afraid of being warned? | 23 |
| Afoul of proper etiquette | 25 |
| Afore's poetic cousin | 25 |
| Afo-A-___ (stolen statue) | 25 |
| Aflac ad figure, facetiously | 28 |
| AFL's longtime partner | 26 |
| AFL's labor partner | 23 |
| AFL affiliate since 1955 | 25 |
| AficionadoÂ’s shout | 22 |
| Aficionado, informally | 22 |
| Aficionado's shout | 22 |
| Aficionado's abode | 22 |
| Aficionado of the arts | 22 |
| AFI's #3 movie villain | 26 |
| AFI's #1 mystery movie | 26 |
| AFI's #1 all-time musical | 29 |
| AFI top-10 film of 2011 | 23 |
| Afghanistan's __ Bora | 25 |
| Afghanistan's Tora -- | 25 |