| SCHELDT | River flowing from France through Belgium and the Netherlands (7) |
| YSER | River flowing from France through Belgium, along which a battle forming part of the Race to the Sea was fought (4) |
| LIMBURG | Medieval duchy that was divided between Belgium and the Netherlands in 1839 (7) |
| MEUSE | Navigable river flowing through France, Belgium and the Netherlands that cuts into the Ardennes hills (5) |
| ROBERTADAIR | British diplomat accredited with preventing a war between Belgium and the Netherlands (6,5) |
| BELGIUM | Kingdom lying between France and the Netherlands (7) |
| BENELUX | Customs union implemented by Belgium, Luxembourg and the Netherlands in 1948 (7) |
| TROUBLE | Strife between Belgium and the French after rout at sea (7) |
| WARBLES | Sings of fighting Belgium and the French (7) |
| ORINOCO | River flowing from Colombia through Venezuela to the Atlantic (7) |
| YANGTZE | River flowing from Tibet to the East China Sea (7) |
| DEGELIS | City in Quebec on the Madawaska River flowing from Lake Temiscouata |
| NIAGARA | North American river flowing from Lake Erie to Lake Ontario (7) |
| FOKKER | Anthony, the 'Flying Dutchman', who made fighter aircraft for Germany in the First World War and later established companies in the US and the Netherlands (6) |
| RHINE | River which rises in Switzerland before flowing through Germany and the Netherlands (5) |
| SAUER | 173 kilometre river which flows through Belgium, Luxembourg and Germany; scene of severe fighting in the Battle of the Bulge during World War II (5) |
| FLANDERS | Geographical region located in parts of present-day Belgium, France and the Netherlands |
| NEISSE | River flowing from the Jizera Mountains through the Czech Republic, Poland and Germany to the Oder ( |
| LOWCOUNTRIES | A region of Western Europe on the North Sea, consisting of Belgium, Luxembourg and the Netherlands (3,9) |
| MARCOVANBASTEN | Dutch footballer who played for and managed Ajax and the Netherlands national team |
