| West African country |
The Times Concise |
21 Oct 2025 |
| Neighbor of Chad |
Newsday |
05 Oct 2025 |
| Niamey is there |
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| Troubled reign current in West Africa (5) |
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| Second-largest landlocked country in Africa |
LA Times Daily |
12 Jul 2025 |
| African country dominated by the Sahara, until 1969 a French colony (5) |
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| Reign over desert land (5) |
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| African country whose name is found in another country's name |
New York Times |
08 Jun 2025 |
| Runner from Northern Ireland for example turned right |
|
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| West African republic; capital Niamey (5) |
Mirror Quiz |
03 Jun 2025 |
| Nothing leaves region round African river (5) |
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| Third-longest African river |
Mirror Tea Time |
30 Apr 2025 |
| Raised king, say, in African country |
The Times Quick Cryptic |
26 Apr 2025 |
| Africa's third-longest river |
Wall Street Journal |
24 Apr 2025 |
| African country whose capital is Niamey |
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| Republic and river of West Africa |
The Sun Mini |
21 Mar 2025 |
| Nation bordered by Chad and Mali |
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| Country between Chad and Mali |
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| African neighbor of Mali |
Newsday |
05 Mar 2025 |
| African country reflecting about mother's ruin |
The Times Cryptic |
04 Mar 2025 |
| Monarch overthrown, wanting a republic |
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| Confused reign in Africa (5) |
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| Country named after the main river of west Africa |
The Telegraph Cross Atlantic |
14 Feb 2025 |
| Unstable reign in African country (5) |
The Guardian Quiptic |
19 Jan 2025 |
| African country; capital Niamey (5) |
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| Neighbor of Chad and Mali |
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| Country that borders Burkina Faso and Libya |
|
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| Country bordering Mali and Chad (5) |
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| It's one way to get to Timbuktu in craft (5) |
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| Landlocked African country |
New York Times |
30 Dec 2024 |
| West African river |
USA Today |
24 Dec 2024 |
| On the drink heading to North Country |
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| African country concerned with strong alcohol on the rise |
The Telegraph Cryptic |
09 Dec 2024 |
| Latin queen returns, having abandoned a country |
|
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| Unravelling of reign in African country (5) |
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| Chad neighbor |
LA Times Daily |
19 Nov 2024 |
| River of Africa, Northern Ireland and part of Germany? |
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| Helleborus ___ is better known as Christmas rose (5) |
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| Chad neighbor |
Wall Street Journal |
17 Oct 2024 |
| West African country whose capital is Niamey (5) |
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| Get little Reginald in that river! (5) |
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| Reign approximately west of Chad(5) |
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| African country that is two letters short of another one |
The Telegraph Cross Atlantic |
20 Sep 2024 |
| Ascendant Queen without a country |
The Telegraph Toughie |
20 Sep 2024 |
| Reign badly in country (5) |
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| African country whose capital city is Niamey (5) |
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| Third-longest African river |
Mirror Tea Time |
28 Aug 2024 |
| Part of Africa's elevated region lacking in oxygen (5) |
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| West African republic; capital Niamey |
Mirror Quiz |
21 Aug 2024 |
| African river; reign (anag.) |
The Telegraph Cross Atlantic |
20 Aug 2024 |
| Northern Ireland, Germany, and another country |
The Times Quick Cryptic |
20 Aug 2024 |
| Niamey's country |
LA Times Daily |
17 Aug 2024 |
| Mali's eastern neighbor |
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| River in west 22 (5) |
The Guardian Weekend |
11 Aug 2024 |
| River in west 22 (5) |
The Guardian Weekend |
10 Aug 2024 |
| French-speaking landlocked nation of west Africa |
The Times Specialist |
05 Aug 2024 |
| Christmas rose is Helleborus ___ (5) |
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| Landlocked neighbor of Chad |
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| Turns up in Germany: many left the river (5) |
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| River of northwest Africa |
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| Country in west Africa (pop about 25 million) (5) |
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| Province, German territory in Africa |
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| Discover Reg in a different land (5) |
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| Bring up river, for example, in African country (5) |
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| Country that borders Libya and Chad |
|
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| Country bordering Chad and Benin (5) |
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| Country situated between Nigeria and Algeria |
|
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| West African republic whose capital is Niamey (5) |
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| African river and country |
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| It is part of Nigeria? Yes & No - but close (5) |
|
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| African river, with a country named after it (5) |
|
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| Latin queen turns up without a country |
|
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| Reign disrupted in African republic |
The Times Quick Cryptic |
29 Jan 2024 |
| Neighbor of Algeria |
Newsday |
28 Jan 2024 |
| Queen not entirely backing a republic! (5) |
|
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| River going north in country abandoned by many (5) |
|
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| American leaves queen heading to the West Country (5) |
|
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| River and country in West Africa |
|
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| Chad neighbor |
Thomas Joseph |
01 Jan 2024 |
| Niamey is the capital of which western African country? (5) |
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| Latin name meaning black, as in Lathyrus ___, or black pea (5) |
|
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| Retired fellow at home in cattle-raising country |
The Times Cryptic |
11 Dec 2023 |
| West African country which has Niamey as its capital (5) |
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| River country (5) |
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| A river in northwestern Africa |
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| African runner runs, say, with hip twisted round |
The Telegraph Toughie |
07 Nov 2023 |
| Third-longest African river |
LA Times Daily |
30 Oct 2023 |
| Mali neighbor |
Premier Sunday |
29 Oct 2023 |
| Chad neighbor |
Thomas Joseph |
05 Oct 2023 |
| Country lifting control that restricts poaching ultimately |
The Telegraph Cryptic |
21 Sep 2023 |
| African republic and river |
The Times Concise |
23 Aug 2023 |
| River to the Gulf of Guinea |
Wall Street Journal |
15 Jul 2023 |
| Third-longest African river, or a country it flows through |
Universal |
18 May 2023 |
| Landlocked nation in West Africa |
LA Times Daily |
23 Jan 2023 |
| Neighbor of Mali |
New York Times |
02 Jan 2023 |
| Chad neighbor |
Thomas Joseph |
05 Nov 2022 |
| State name, number after one is hauled up |
The Times Cryptic |
25 Aug 2022 |
| Leader of Opposition leaves district over in African state |
The Times Cryptic |
22 Aug 2022 |
| Country west of Chad |
USA Today |
18 Jul 2022 |
| Restraint lifted — good for entering that country |
The Times Cryptic |
15 Jul 2022 |
| Finish off queen after uprising in African country |
|
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| Finish off queen after uprising in African country |
The Guardian Cryptic |
15 Apr 2022 |
| The country‘s back on the drink! |
|
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| Country in which Queen nearly overthrown |
|
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| Country with troubled reign |
The Times Cryptic |
01 Feb 2022 |
| Back Rex, for example, in African country |
The Times Cryptic |
28 Jan 2022 |
| African country where the Guerewol is celebrated |
Universal |
29 Dec 2021 |
| State upset Queen's brief |
|
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| Neighbor of Libya |
Thomas Joseph |
04 Dec 2021 |
| African river or country |
The Guardian Quick |
20 Oct 2021 |
| Media exec Robert |
New York Times |
26 Aug 2021 |
| Nation bordering Libya |
The Washington Post |
24 Aug 2021 |
| Nation bordering Libya |
LA Times Daily |
24 Aug 2021 |
| Niamey’s country |
The Times Concise |
22 Aug 2021 |
| Chad neighbor |
Eugene Sheffer |
30 Jun 2021 |
| Queen almost raised in African republic |
|
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| A kind of seed |
Canadiana |
10 May 2021 |
| Reign (anag.) |
The Telegraph Quick |
17 Mar 2021 |
| Chad neighbor |
Thomas Joseph |
19 Oct 2020 |
| Government in control around African country |
|
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| . Germany supporting uprising in African country |
|
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| African river |
The Telegraph Quick |
29 Aug 2020 |
| River to the Gulf of Guinea |
Wall Street Journal |
22 Aug 2020 |
| West African country |
USA Today |
28 Jul 2020 |
| Chad neighbor |
Wall Street Journal |
18 Jul 2020 |
| West African river |
USA Today |
15 Jul 2020 |
| Desperado finally banished from district backing African river |
|
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| West African country |
The Telegraph Quick |
25 Apr 2020 |
| Landlocked republic in West Africa |
The Telegraph General Knowledge |
13 Apr 2020 |
| Setback incomplete for Queen and Country |
The Sun Two Speed |
31 Mar 2020 |
| African river |
The Sun Two Speed |
31 Mar 2020 |
| Somehow regain a lost flower |
|
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| African country‘s familiar populist politician changes sides |
|
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| Not complete setback for Queen and Country |
|
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| Nation east of Mali |
Wall Street Journal |
21 Sep 2019 |
| Queen almost returned to the country |
|
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| Neighbor of Mali |
USA Today |
27 Aug 2019 |
| Country district to west lacking the ultimate in brio |
|
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| Nation north of Benin |
Universal |
20 Jul 2019 |
| Niamey is its capital |
The Washington Post Sunday |
12 May 2019 |
| West African nation |
Universal |
12 May 2019 |
| Neighbor of Chad |
The Washington Post |
14 Apr 2019 |
| Neighbor of Chad |
LA Times Daily |
14 Apr 2019 |
| Pour back gin, with hesitation, into river |
|
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| Mali neighbor |
The New Yorker |
07 Jan 2019 |
| Nation north of Benin |
|
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| West African nation |
|
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| Nation east of Mali |
|
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| Neighbor of Mali |
|
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| Neighbor of Chad |
|
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| African nation or its eponymous river |
Universal |
31 Dec 2018 |
| Caravan finally turning up on private land |
|
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| African country with rich uranium deposits |
LA Times Daily |
22 Dec 2018 |
| African country with rich uranium deposits |
The Washington Post |
22 Dec 2018 |
| Neighbor of Chad |
Thomas Joseph |
03 Dec 2018 |
| African country whose name begins another African country |
LA Times Daily |
10 Oct 2018 |
| African country whose name begins another African country |
The Washington Post |
10 Oct 2018 |
| Nation west of Chad |
USA Today |
28 Sep 2018 |
| Landlocked African country |
The Washington Post |
03 Sep 2018 |
| Landlocked African country |
LA Times Daily |
03 Sep 2018 |
| Queen sent up having lost a country |
|
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| Niamey's land |
New York Times |
22 Jul 2018 |
| Major exporter of uranium |
New York Times |
15 Jul 2018 |
| American leaving queen standing in river |
|
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| Neighbor of Mali |
Premier Sunday |
03 Jun 2018 |
| Turbulent reign in African country |
|
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| Nation that's mostly the Sahara |
Newsday |
07 Apr 2018 |
| Raising of drink: �Queen and Country� |
The Telegraph Cryptic |
06 Apr 2018 |
| River in West Africa that starts in the Guinea Highlands and shares its name with an African country |
|
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| Reign over African river |
The Sun Two Speed |
18 Mar 2018 |
| Burkina Faso neighbor |
The Washington Post Sunday |
18 Mar 2018 |
| River in West Africa |
The Telegraph Quick |
14 Jan 2018 |
| Nation west of Chad |
|
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| African country with rich uranium deposits |
|
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| Niamey's land |
|
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| African nation or its eponymous river |
|
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| African country whose name begins another African country |
|
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| Landlocked African country |
|
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| Major exporter of uranium |
|
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| African river, reportedly one of the ten accounting for 90% of the plastic entering the world’s oceans |
The Times Specialist Sunday |
24 Dec 2017 |
| Benin's neighbor |
The Washington Post Sunday |
08 Oct 2017 |
| River running through where ginseng's raised ; |
The Telegraph Cryptic |
30 Aug 2017 |
| Third-longest river in Africa |
New York Times |
05 Aug 2017 |
| African country taking one area finally from another |
The Telegraph Cryptic |
30 Jul 2017 |
| African country |
The Telegraph Quick |
20 Jul 2017 |
| Chad neighbor |
Universal |
10 Jun 2017 |
| West African river |
The Telegraph Quick |
29 Apr 2017 |
| Runner's spirit rising, about to be uplifted |
The Telegraph Toughie |
20 Apr 2017 |
| Algeria neighbor |
LA Times Daily |
17 Apr 2017 |
| Algeria neighbor |
The Washington Post |
17 Apr 2017 |
| Chad neighbor |
|
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| Algeria neighbor |
|
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| Third-longest river in Africa |
|
|
| Country's queen mostly coming from the south |
The Telegraph Cryptic |
29 Dec 2016 |
| African country whose name is contained in the name of its southern neighbor |
LA Times Daily |
26 Dec 2016 |
| Country knight put up British and American soldiers |
|
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| West African country |
Premier Sunday |
23 Oct 2016 |
| Neighbor of Libya and Chad |
Wall Street Journal |
17 Oct 2016 |
| West African country named for its river |
The Washington Post |
06 Oct 2016 |
| Republic subsumed by Pakistani gerontocracy |
The Telegraph Cryptic |
28 Sep 2016 |
| Neighbor of Algeria |
Wall Street Journal |
20 Sep 2016 |
| African river or country |
Universal |
23 Jun 2016 |
| One African country or another loses excellent backing |
|
|
| Third-longest African river |
LA Times Daily |
19 Feb 2016 |
| River to the Gulf of Guinea |
New York Times |
14 Feb 2016 |
| Niamey site |
Premier Sunday |
07 Feb 2016 |
| River to the Gulf of Guinea |
|
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| African country whose name is contained in the name of its southern neighbor |
|
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| African river or country |
|
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| Niamey is its capital |
LA Times Daily |
17 Sep 2015 |
| Nation south of Algeria |
Wall Street Journal |
14 Sep 2015 |
| French-speaking African land |
New York Times |
08 Jul 2015 |
| UKIP man not quite right in foreign country |
|
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| River of West Africa |
The Times Concise |
27 May 2015 |
| Reign nervously in an African country |
|
|
| Long-distance runner tearing about with no little thanks |
|
|
| Back in Germany briefly to discover a river |
|
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| African country on the drink after uprising |
|
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| Reign nervously in an African country |
|
|
| Queen endlessly sent up in Republic |
The Times Cryptic |
22 Jan 2015 |
| Major river of Western Africa |
|
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| French-speaking African land |
|
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| Niamey is its capital |
|
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| Niamey's land |
|
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| Nation south of Algeria |
|
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| Not quite full backing for Queen and Country |
|
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| Name of political leader wanting Right to oust Left in the country |
|
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| Old black |
|
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| Chad's neighbor |
|
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| French-speaking African nation |
|
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| Land bordering Lake Chad |
|
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| Land by Lake Chad |
|
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| Country east of Mali |
|
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| Reign destabilised African country |
|
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| Landlocked African land |
|
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| Landlocked African land |
|
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| Africa's third-longest river |
|
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| Mali neighbor |
|
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| African river or country |
|
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| Big uranium exporter |
|
|
| Lawson wanting a new direction, finally, for the country |
|
|
| Soldier's spirit returned in Africa |
|
|
| African river |
|
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| Landlocked African nation |
|
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| Neighbor of Libya and Chad |
|
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| Mali neighbor |
|
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| Niamey is its capital |
|
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| Neighbor of Chad |
|
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| Landlocked African nation |
|
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| Neighbor of Chad |
|
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| African river |
|
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| Landlocked nation of West Africa |
|
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| Mali neighbor |
|
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| First-class return from one African country to another |
|
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| Neighbor of Libya |
|
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| African river or land |
|
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| Mali neighbor |
|
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| Chad's neighbor |
|
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| Neighbor of Chad |
|
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| Neighbor of Libya and Chad |
|
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| Africa's third-longest river |
|
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| Where Hausa and Djerma are spoken |
|
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| River on the Benin border |
|
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| African river or country |
|
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| African river or country |
|
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| Saharan land |
|
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| Landlocked African country |
|
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| Land that's more than 90% desert |
|
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| Neighbor of Mali |
|
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| Bamako's river |
|
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| Chad neighbor |
|
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| Burkina Faso neighbor |
|
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| Neighbor of Benin |
|
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| Chad toucher |
|
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| Chad neighbor |
|
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| Where Niamey is capital |
|
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| Algeria neighbor |
|
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| Land by Lake Chad |
|
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| Africa's third-longest river |
|
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| Timbuktu's river |
|
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| Burkina Faso neighbor |
|
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| West African republic |
|
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| African nation |
|
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| Tiger-riding limerick lady's country |
|
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| African country |
|
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| Landlocked African nation |
|
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| Country east of Mali |
|
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| Land on Lake Chad |
|
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| African nation |
|
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| Neighbor of Libya |
|
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| Neighbor of Chad |
|
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| Uranium-exporting country |
|
|
| Its capital is Niamey |
|
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| River of Africa |
|
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| River to the Gulf of Guinea |
|
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| Where the young lady who rode a tiger came from |
|
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| River through Mali |
|
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| River to the Gulf of Guinea |
|
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| Neighbor of Libya and Chad |
|
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| River through Mali |
|
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| Neighbor of Chad |
|
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| Neighbor of Chad |
|
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| Its capital is Niamey |
|
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| African republic |
|
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| Chad toucher |
|
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| Mali neighbor |
|
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| Neighbor of Mali |
|
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| River near Timbuktu |
|
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| West African river |
|
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| Mali neighbor |
|
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| Mali neighbor |
|
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| Chad neighbor |
|
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| River through Mali |
|
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| River through Mali |
|
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| Niamey's nation |
|
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| Francophone land |
|
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| Burkina Faso neighbor |
|
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| Niamey's land |
|
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| River through Mali |
|
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| Niamey's nation |
|
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| West African river |
|
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| Chad neighbor |
|
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| African republic |
|
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| Chad's neighbor |
|
|
| Back Rex, for example, in African country |
|
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| Country with troubled reign |
|
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| Mali neighbor |
|
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| Neighbor of Libya |
|
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| 110 It's east of Mali |
|
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| Africa's third-longest river |
|
|
| Neighbor of Chad |
|
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| Chad's neighbor |
|
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| Algeria neighbor |
|
|
| Its capital is Niamey |
|
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| African republic |
|
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| Niamey is its capital |
|
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| Country east of Mali |
|
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| Timbuktu's river |
|
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| Country west of Chad |
|
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| It's west of Chad |
|
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| African river |
|
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| African republic |
|
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| Niamey's country |
|
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| Gulf of Guinea feeder |
|
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| Mali neighbor |
|
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| Niamey is its capital |
|
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| River in W Africa |
|
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| African republic |
|
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| River in Mali |
|
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| African river or land |
|
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| Its capital is Niamey |
|
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| African river |
|
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| Long African waterway |
|
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| W African river |
|
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| River in western Africa |
|
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| River of Africa |
|
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| Where Niamey is |
|
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| River near Timbuktu |
|
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| River to Gulf of Guinea |
|
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| Niamey's river |
|
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| African region. |
|
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| Niamey's river. |
|
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| Timbuktu's near-by river. |
|
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| River into Bight of Benin. |
|
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| West African river, 2,600 miles. |
|
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| 2,000-mile river. |
|
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| River explored by Mungo Park. |
|
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| Great river of Africa. |
|
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| African river, 2,600 miles long. |
|
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| African river. |
|
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| 2,600-mi. river of Africa. |
|
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| River of Africa. |
|
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| W. African river. |
|
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| Where Niamey is. |
|
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| River through the Sudan. |
|
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| River of West Africa. |
|
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| River in French W. Africa. |
|
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| Burkina Faso neighbor |
|
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| W. African river: 2,600 m. to Bight of Benin. |
|
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| 2,600-mile river flowing into Gulf of Guinea. |
|
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| It flows past Timbuktu. |
|
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| It flows into the Gulf of Guinea. |
|
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| River into the Gulf of Guinea. |
|
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| River into Gulf of Guinea. |
|
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| Long river in West Africa. |
|
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| River flowing into the Gulf of Guinea. |
|
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| New republic, member of 40 Across. |
|
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