| BALTIC | Sea which gives Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania their collective name (6) |
| SAMOS | Greek island in the Aegean Sea which gives its name to a fine reddish-brown earthenware pottery (5) |
| EURO | Money of Estonia Latvia and Lithuania |
| LATVIA | Country bordered by Estonia and Lithuania (6) |
| GORKSS | Kaspars ...... , 2005-17 Latvia and 2008-11 QPR defender (6) |
| MASADA | Ancient fortification in Israel overlooking the Dead Sea, which is a World Heritage Site (6) |
| ODESSA | City on the Black Sea which features the Potemkin Stairs (6) |
| TOBERS | Kristers...Latvia and Aberdeen defender (6) |
| GDANSK | Port in Poland on the Baltic Sea which was the birthplace of the Solidarity movement (6) |
| SSRS | Latvia and Lithuania, in the '60s: Abbr. |
| SATELLITESTATES | Latvia and Lithuania, once |
| EUR | Where Latvia and Lithuania are: Abbr. |
| CAUCASUS | This mountain system lies between the Black Sea (which is to its west) and the Caspian Sea (which is to its east). It reaches across parts of Russia, Georgia, Azerbaijan, and Armenia. (8) |
| ARAL | ___ Sea, lake east of the Caspian Sea which straddles Uzbekistan and Kazakhstan (4) |
| TOENAILS | Initially Latvia and Estonia supply types of digital hardware |
| ATHLETIC | Sporty sort of Greek hosting heads of Hungary, Latvia and Estonia (8) |
| CARIBBEAN | Sea which forms part of the Atlantic Ocean between the West Indies and Central and South America (9) |
| MEDITERRANEAN | Large inland sea which is between South Europe and North Africa (13) |
| BALTICSEA | European sea which separates Poland from Sweden (6,3) |
| NORWEGIAN | Sea which lies between Greenland and the Scandinavian Peninsula (9) |
