| AZANIA | Nurse enthralling South Africa with any number in that country according to some |
| ARTISAN | Worker that's painting, say, in enthralling South America (7) |
| SANCTUM | Private room is a problem with any number in performance needing to squeeze in |
| ENTRAIN | Get on with any number in English school (7) |
| NONDOM | Someone having nondomiciled tax status in a country; ie. paying tax only on income in that country or money brought into that country, with other overseas income being untaxed (3.3) |
| MUSSOLINI | Italian dictator in power in that country from 1922 to 1943 (9) |
| EMORY | The 18th-best university in the country, according to "U.S. News & World Report" |
| DETERRENT | Weapon causing some damage around the country, according to Sarkozy (9) |
| DENMARK | Men dark in this European country, according to Spooner (7) |
| LIEGE | City in Belgium, the largest Frenchspeaking city in that country (5) |
| QATAR | World's richest country, according to the World Bank |
| DEATH | The 'undiscovered country' according to Shakespeare's Hamlet (act 3, sc. 1) (5) |
| GREENLAND | It's a lean, grand country according to Spooner (9) |
| IDAHO | Through which US state does Snake River cut the deepest gorge in that country? (5) |
| PERU | Mountainous country, according to half of us (4) |
| TODIEFOR | Wonderful country according to zealous patriot? |
| FRANCE | Is the currency English in that country? |
| TUNISIA | Fish - is one netted in that country? |
| RUSSIA | Us put on airs? In that country? (6) |
| STAGNATE | Get stuck in street with any number jammed in an entrance (8) |