Solution: Capital and second-largest city of Minorca - NYT Crossword

This pair of geography trivia questions could be a little imposing at the start of the down entries, especially when they both run through three 15-letter acrosses. 1D, the [City that’s the “heart of Africa’s art scene,” per National Geographic], is ACCRA, the capital of Ghana. The [Capital and second-largest city of Minorca] at 2D is MAHON, which is rather obscure and has been in the New York Times Crossword only twice before. (It also partly echoes Mr. McMahon’s name, which could be a coincidence, but I noted it as cute anyway.)