| LANDSLIP | Avalanche in countries near the border (8) |
| EAST | Near ___: region comprising of countries near the Mediterranean? |
| SHERPAS | Members of a Himalayan people, 16 of whom died in an avalanche in the "popcorn field" of Everest in |
| POORRELATIONS | What countries near war have (2 words) |
| TEAM | Avalanche in Colorado, e.g. |
| AGARTALA | Capital of the state of Tripura in NE India, on the banks of the Haora River near the border with Bangladesh (8) |
| LANDINGS | Gin swilled in countries in breaks between flights? |
| KINGDOMS | Itinerant monks dig in countries ruled by monarchs (8) |
| MONMOUTH | Town in southeast Wales near the border with England at the confluence of the Rivers Wye and Monnow (8) |
| EMIRATES | Items are manufactured in countries like Dubai or Abu Dhabi, for example (8) |
| SUBOTICA | City in Vojvodina, Serbia, near the border with Hungary (8) |
| ADJUMANI | Town in northern Uganda near the border with South Sudan housing an airport (8) |
| TOULOUSE | French city, capital of the southern Occitanie region and near the border with Spain (8) |
| SMOLENSK | Russian city near the border with Belarus (8) |
| NAHARIYA | Israeli coastal town near the border with Lebanon (8) |
| MARGINAL | Minor found near the border (8) |
| OSWESTRY | Historic Shropshire town near the border with Wales (8) |
| BIARRITZ | French seaside resort near the border with Spain (8) |
| DESERTER | Rat found in desolate area near the borders of Ecuador (8) |
| UZBEKISTAN | Lonely Planet's new Best in Travel 2024 offers suggestions in five categories, including this pick, in COUNTRIES, where "the cultural hubs of Samarkand, Bu khara, and Khiva still evoke the era of the |
