| SLOVENIA | Ljubljana is the capital of this Balkan country (8) |
| CROATIA | This Balkan country, a growing tourism hotspot, is where the necktie was invented (7) |
| THRACE | Ethnic group is after half of this Balkan area |
| RUSSIAN | Slav from Ljubljana is survivor after uprising |
| HERZEGOVINA | Mostar is the chief town in this Balkan region (11) |
| BULGARIA | Balkan country on the Black Sea, bordering with Turkey (8) |
| YUGOSLAV | Native of former Balkan country (8) |
| ALBANIAN | Remove teaspoon from mashed banana split for national of a Balkan country (8) |
| SLOVENES | People of Ljubljana |
| BLED | Situated at the foot of the Julian Alps northwest of Ljubljana, Slovenia, this glacial lake is a summer health and holiday resort and a winter sports centre (4) |
| TBISILI | Capital city the Balkan ideal, Ljubljana in Slovenia is always first (7) |
| TBILISI | Capital city the Balkan ideal, Ljubljana in Slovenia is always first |
| EMONA | Roman name for the capital of Slovenia, Ljubljana (5) |
| SLOVENIAN | Person from country whose capital is Ljubljana (9) |
| ALB | Balkan country whose capital is Tirana for short |
| ALBANIA | Balkan country whose official currency is the lek (7) |
| OSLO | Capital of Slovenia, Ljubljana obvious initially (4) |
| YUGOSLAVIA | Balkan country, a kingdom after the First World War, and a socialist republic after the second, that broke apart in 1992 (10) |
| ANTHRACITE | It's found in an old Balkan country, this fuel (10) |
| SERBIA | Balkan country once part of Yugoslavia |
