| SUOMI | Finnish name for Finland, also used for the Finnish language (5) |
| SUOMIC | The Finnish language |
| COSTA | Technical name for a rib, also used for the midrib in a plant leaf (5) |
| SOYUZ | Russian word for "union", also used for the Soviet space programme |
| ALAND | Island group in the Gulf of Bothnia forming the smallest province of Finland; Finnish name, Ahvenanmaa (5) |
| VAASA | Provisional capital of Finland during the Finnish Civil War ( 1918), founded by the Swedish king Charles IX in 1606 ( 5) |
| ONEGA | The second-largest lake in Europe, situated near the Finnish border with Russia (5) |
| STRIP | Take off - though also used for landing (5) |
| LLAMA | Andes beast of burden also used for wool, milk or meat |
| BROWNIE | According to folklore, what name was given to little brown goblins, especially those who helped with the housework; the name was also used for the junior division of the Girl Guides? (7) |
| THEEU | Grp. for Finland and France |
| BRASS | Alloy also used for bottle |
| SAUNA | Only common English word from the Finnish |
| PALMETTO | Though technically a short palm tree from the southern United States, Mexico and Bahamas, the name is also used for the fan-leaf, the only native palm tree in Mallorca (8) |
| TWAIN | Mark the Finnish author? |
| TEEMU | "The Finnish Flash" Selanne |
| LAVA | Magma (molten rock) that emerges as a liquid onto Earth's surface. The term is also used for the solidified rock formed by the cooling of a molten flow. (4) |
| GMAN | Slang for an FBI agent, was also used for some members of the Dublin Metropolitan Police. (1,3) |
| LANDAU | Horse-drawn carriage mainly used to convey the Queen during her annual procession at Royal Ascot but also used for state occasions and royal weddings (6) |
| SPARKLER | Hand-held firework also used for celebration cakes; an informal word for a diamond; or, a glass of champagne, cava, prosecco or spritzer (8) |
