| SAURIAN | Nonsense of USA and Iran, prehistoric (7) |
| NIAGARA | Popular honeymooner's site on the border of USA and Canada, ... Falls |
| OMAN | Nation mediating nuclear talks between US and Iran. (4) |
| USES | Takes advantage of United States and Spain (4) |
| INSULT | Snub backing of United States and Northern Ireland by lieutenant (6) |
| THEATRI | Nonsense of the stage: nugas ____, Plauti Pseudolus 1081 |
| INSTOCK | Stick-on nonsense of 'Yes, we've got some' phrase (2,5) |
| ONTARIO | Name of a great lake in North America - and Iran, too, bizarrely (7) |
| PERSIAN | Shallow arm of the Arabian Sea between Saudi Arabia and Iran, _ Gulf (7) |
| ARABIAN | Sea bounded by Pakistan and Iran to the north and India to the east (7) |
| MIDEAST | Locale of Iraq and Iran |
| CASPIAN | Sea between Russia and Iran (7) |
| HARMEET | Identify the first name of this player who won the player of the match award in the T20 WC match held between USA and Netherlands. (7) |
| ARMENIA | Country bordering Turkey and Iran |
| THEGULF | Region between Arabia and Iran |
| EURASIA | Germany and Japan are in it, USA and I are out (7) |
| COLDWAR | Over 40 years of tension between the USA and the USSR. (4,3) |
| TELSTAR | Satellite which sent the first live television transmission between the USA and Europe (7) |
| FRAYN | Michael -; author of the plays The Two of Us and Noises Off and novels including The Tin Men, Sweet Dreams, Headlong and Spies (5) |
| HBO | Makers of The Last of Us and Game of Thrones. (1,1,1) |
