| BALTIC | Brackish sea which borders Latvia, Poland, Estonia and Lithuania (6) |
| LATVIA | Country bordered by Estonia and Lithuania (6) |
| SWEDEN | Country which borders Norway and Finland and is connected to Denmark (6) |
| SAXONY | State in Germany which borders Poland and the Czech Republic (6) |
| OJAMAA | 2012-23 Estonia and 2012-13 Motherwell attacker (6,6) |
| HENRIK | 2012-23 Estonia and 2012-13 Motherwell attacker (6,6) |
| MEXICO | Country which borders the USA (6) |
| GDANSK | Port in Poland on the Baltic Sea which was the birthplace of the Solidarity movement (6) |
| ODESSA | City on the Black Sea which features the Potemkin Stairs (6) |
| MASADA | Ancient fortification in Israel overlooking the Dead Sea, which is a World Heritage Site (6) |
| EURO | Currency used in Estonia and Lithuania |
| SONORA | Mexican state which borders Arizona |
| NEVADA | U.S. State which borders 6 Down (6) (6) |
| CAUCASUS | This mountain system lies between the Black Sea (which is to its west) and the Caspian Sea (which is to its east). It reaches across parts of Russia, Georgia, Azerbaijan, and Armenia. (8) |
| LIVONIA | Historic region on the east coast of the Baltic Sea north of Lithuania, divided between Estonia and Latvia in 1918 (7) |
| SSRS | Latvia and Lithuania, in the '60s: Abbr. |
| EUR | Where Latvia and Lithuania are: Abbr. |
| ARAL | ___ Sea, lake east of the Caspian Sea which straddles Uzbekistan and Kazakhstan (4) |
| BALTICSEA | European sea which separates Poland from Sweden (6,3) |
| IRAN | Country which borders the Caspian Sea in the north and Persian Gulf in the south (4) |
