| TRIPLEENTENTE | Friendly understanding developing into an alliance between Britain, France and Russia (6,7) |
| AWARENESS | Understanding developing area's news (9) |
| LAGERLOUT | Tall rogue developing into an unruly youth (5,4) |
| ADOLESCENT | Developing into an adult (10) |
| UNITE | Enter into an alliance, combine as one (5) |
| ENTENTE | From the French meaning "understanding", an alliance between great powers (7) |
| AXIS | What is an alliance between a number of states to coordinate their foreign policy? (4) |
| TRIPLE | Early 20th-century alliance linking Britain, France and Russia in opposition to Germany, Italy and A |
| ACHAEANLEAGUE | Which alliance between Greek cities was formed in 281 BCE by the people of Dyme, Patras, Pharae and Tritaia and lasted for over 100 years? (7,6) |
| CRIMEANWAR | Conflict fought from 1853-56 between Russia and an alliance of Turkey, Britain, France and Sardinia |
| CRIMEAN | ? War, 1853-56 conflict between Russia and an alliance of Turkey, Britain, France and Sardinia |
| BELLESLETTRES | Hindrance stops best seller developing into something classier? |
| CHANNELTUNNEL | UK-France link |
| DRDO | Organization evaluating proposals from UK, France, and Japan for co-developing fighter jet engines with India.(abbrv) (4) |
| OUIDA | Woman novelist had approval in France and Russia |
| HELLOGOODBYE | November 1967 Beatles single that topped the charts in the United States, the UK, France and Norway |
| SUEZ | Which 1956 crisis involved Britain, France, Israel and Egypt? (4) |
| TRAGEDIAN | Get in RADA, developing into such an actor |
| NYMPH | Insects, such as the dragonfly and mayfly; developing into the adult without a pupal stage (5) |
| UNUSUAL | Extraordinary alliance between UN and America, semi-casual (7) |
