| MARECLAUSUM | Sea under a country's jurisdiction (Latin) |
| IONIAN | Sea under Italy's "boot" |
| AIRSPACE | It's under a country's jurisdiction though over it |
| HARASSED | Difficult to keep turbulent seas under pressure (8) |
| HIGHSEAS | Ocean areas not under any country's jurisdiction (4,4) |
| ANTHEM | A composition for a church choir; a country's hymn-like patriotic national song; or, a beloved pop/rock tune (6) |
| FLAG | A country's cloth emblem flown from a pole (4) |
| INDIANA | A country's name and a state |
| IRAQIS | A Quebec flag encapsulates a country's people |
| NEWZEALANDER | A country's citizen learned A-Z (3,9) |
| STAR | Appears above a country's crest to show they have won a World Cup. (4) |
| AMERICANA | A fellow enshrining monarch in charge by a country's memorabilia (9) |
| CHIEFRABBI | Leader of a country's Jewish community, a position held in the UK by Ephraim Mirvis since 2013 (5,5) |
| ASSIGNATION | Gas is used on a country's people in a meeting |
| AIRFORCE | A military body organised for overseeing a country's defence and security in the skies (3,5) |
| CABOTAGE | Policy or practice of limiting sea, air or other transport services to a country's own carriers (8) |
| DEFENCE | Resistance against attack, danger or harm; a country's military forces; the plea of the accused in a lawsuit; or, the action of protecting one's goal or wicket against the opposition (7) |
| SOCIALISM | Political theory based on creating a system in which everyone has an equal opportunity to benefit from a country's wealth (9) |
| RESOURCES | A ruler's courtesan mismanaged a country's wealth (7,9) |
| NATURAL | A ruler's courtesan mismanaged a country's wealth (7,9) |
