| MISHA | ***** Glenny, British journalist specialising in southeast Europe (5) |
| NORTH | Landlocked republic in Southeast Europe (5,9) |
| CROAT | Variety actor, one coming from southeast Europe (5) |
| REEVE | Simon, British journalist born in 1972 noted for his TV travel documentaries (5) |
| EMILY | Ms Maitlis, British journalist and newsreader (5) |
| LAURA | --- Kuenssberg, British journalist (5) |
| RAGEH | Somali-born British journalist, _ Omaar (5) |
| ESLER | Gavin, the British journalist and broadcaster (5) |
| FLEET | British journalist's street, once |
| MACEDONIA | Landlocked republic in Southeast Europe (5,9) |
| GREASE | Oil found somewhere in southeast Europe, say (6) |
| UKRAINE | Republic in southeast Europe; capital Kiev |
| STEPPE | Dry area of grassland in southeast Europe and Siberia (6) |
| RURITANIA | A fictional land of historical romance in southeast Europe (9) |
| THRACE | Geographical and historical region in southeast Europe (6) |
| KOSOVO | Country in Southeast Europe whose capital is Pristina (6) |
| ALBANIA | Country in Southeast Europe whose capital is Tirana (7) |
| SERBIA | Turns out bank here is about to send head to country in southeast Europe |
| BLACKSEA | Body of water between southeast Europe and Asia (5,3) |
| OLM | What blind salamander lives in caves in SE Europe? (3) |
