| BALKAN | Like Kosovo and Montenegro |
| EUROS | Coins in Kosovo and Monaco |
| MURIC | Arijanet ..... , Kosovo and Burnley goalkeeper (5) |
| SOHO | Capital community centres in Kosovo and Lahore (4) |
| ILIC | Sasa ___, former Charlton Athletic and Serbia and Montenegro goalkeeper (4) |
| DRINA | River that forms the boundary between Bosnia and Herzegovina and Montenegro (5) |
| BELGRADE | Capital of Serbia and Montenegro (8) |
| EUR | Where Macedonia and Montenegro are: Abbr. |
| ALBANIA | Balkan neighbor of Greece and Montenegro |
| NUHIU | Atdhe ....., Rheindorf Altach, 2017-21 Kosovo and 2013-20 Sheffield Wednesday striker (5) |
| ILLYRIA | Ancient region on the Adriatic Sea including parts of present-day Albania, Croatia and Montenegro (7 |
| EURO | The official currency of Montenegro and Kosovo (4) |
| ADRIATIC | Arm of the Mediterranean between Slovenia, Croatia, Montenegro and Albania on the east and Italy on the west (8) |
| YUGOSLAVIA | Former country in the Balkans made up of Serbia, Montenegro, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, North Macedonia, and Slovenia. (10) |
| ORA | Rita _, Kosovo-born singer and actress (3) |
| BALKANS | Macedonia, Montenegro and others |
| DUA | Pop star and Honorary Ambassador of the Republic of Kosovo (!?!?) ___ Lipa |
| RITAORA | Kosovo-born singer who served as a judge on The X Factor and The Masked Singer as well as a coach on "The Voice" (4,3) |
| RASHICA | Milot......., Kosovo, Besiktas and 2021-23 Norwich City midfielder (7) |
| MANOEUVRE | Leaders of Montenegro and Norway alongside EU over working plan (9) |
