| CAUCASUS | Mountains of south-east Europe |
| ALBANIA | Country of south-east Europe |
| THRACE | Historical area of south-east Europe (6) |
| GREEK | Language of south-east Europe |
| GREECE | Country of south-east Europe (6) |
| ARMENIA | Former Soviet republic of south-east Europe, capital Yerevan (7) |
| PUFFIN | ___ harrier, bird of prey with pale plumage, found in Africa, south-east Europe and south-west Asia (6) |
| PALLID | ___ harrier, bird of prey with pale plumage, found in Africa, south-east Europe and south-west Asia (6) |
| MACEDONIA | Land-locked country in South East Europe, the capital of which is Skopje (9) |
| RURITANIAN | Relating to a fictitious land of historical romance in south-east Europe (10) |
| RURITANIA | A fictitious land of historical romance in south-east Europe (9) |
| BULGARIAN | A citizen of a country in south-east Europe (42,823 sq miles; pop about 7 million). It joined the EU in 2007 (9) |
| SERBIA | A republic in South East Europe, the capital of which is Belgrade (6) |
| ALBANIAN | Citizen of a country in south-east Europe (11,100 sq miles; pop about 3 million) (8) |
| ROMANIAN | Of a country in south-east Europe (92,046 sq miles; pop 19 million). It joined the EU in 2007 (8) |
| BALKAN | -- Peninsula, area in south-east Europe (6) |
| CROATIA | Land in South-East Europe, having changed at Cairo |
| BALKANS | South-east Europe may jib at response (7) |
| KOSOVO | Landlocked country in south-east Europe (6) |
| SOFIA | Capital city in south-east Europe (pop about 1,25 million) on the Black Sea (5) |