| Clue | Source | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Place in South Africa with outstanding prospects? (4,2,4,4) | ||
| Formalwear imparting a pleasantly optimistic feeling? | Premier Sunday | 10 Feb 2019 |
| The point of African optimism | The Telegraph Cryptic | 19 Dec 2018 |
| South African peninsula | Universal | 13 Jan 2016 |
| South African peninsula | ||
| Province of western South Africa | ||
| African's southern tip | ||
| African point, or Dracula's cloak of optimism? | ||
| Prominent South African promontory | ||
| Bartholomeu Dias discovery | ||
| South African peninsula | ||
| Explorer Dias's Cabo Tormentoso |