| ESTONIA | Baltic state with a coastline on the Gulf of Finland (7) |
| LATVIA | Baltic-state-with-a-maroon-and-white-flag |
| LITHUANIA | Baltic state with the capital Vilnius (9) |
| ROMANIA | Country with a coastline on the Black Sea (7) |
| VIETNAM | Country with a coastline on the South China Sea (7) |
| SOMME | Department of northern France, with a coastline on the English Channel (5) |
| SOMALIA | Republic with the longest coastline on the African continent (7) |
| MONTENEGRO | Country in south-east Europe, with a coastline on the Adriatic Sea (10) |
| ERITREA | Country with an extensive coastline on the Red Sea, capital Asmara (7) |
| TALLINN | Capital on the Gulf of Finland (7) |
| KARELIA | Republic in northern Europe between the Gulf of Finland and the White Sea |
| JIANGSU | Chinese province with a coastline stretching more than 600 miles along the Yellow Sea, capital Nanjing (7) |
| YNYSMON | Welsh name for Anglesey, an island with a coastline declared an AONB, home to the longest place name in Britain (4,3) |
| NAMIBIA | South West African country with a coastline |
| EGYPT | Country with coastlines on the Mediterranean, the Red Sea and the Gulf of Aqaba (5) |
| IRAN | Country of 78m people with coastline on the Caspian Sea and Indian Ocean (4) |
| HELSINKI | Capital city on the opposite side of the Gulf of Finland to Tallinn (8) |
| KRONSTADT | Town in St Petersburg, Russia; site of a 1921 rebellion on an island in the Gulf of Finland (9) |
| AMALFI | Coastline on Italy's Gulf of Salerno, home to a town of the same name and also Ravello and Positano (6) |
| LADOGA | Lake ___, body of water in Russia that drains through the River Neva into the Gulf of Finland (6) |
