| SCHENGEN | Town in Luxembourg that gave its name to an agreement that provided for the removal of border controls between participating countries |
| TCA | Terminal Contro Area,abbr |
| UNSETTLE | International organisation might come to an agreement that will cause anxiety |
| RUE | Regret savage removal of borders (3) |
| KELLS | Irish town that gave its name to an ancient book of Latin Gospels (5) |
| XIAOPING | In 1989, protesters at Tiananmen Square called for the removal of China's leader, Deng ... (4,4) |
| AZOV | Town in western Russia's Rostov Oblast that gives its name to an adjacent Sea (4) |
| STILTON | Village in Cambridgeshire that gave its name to an English cheese |
| SIENA | Tuscan city famed for its Palio pony race, scallop-shaped central piazza or square and for giving its name to an earthy pigment used en plein air (5) |
| MAIDEN | Iron ____, torture device that gave its name to an English heavy metal band?(6) (6) |
| ALAMO | Former Spanish mission in Texas that gives its name to an 1836 battle (5) |
| MANNA | Food miraculously provided for the Israelites in the wilderness, according to the Bible (5) |
| ASPIRIN | Endlessly hoping for the removal of a bad head? |
| DRAINAGE | I.e., a grand design for the removal of water (8) |
| IONIA | Ancient land that lent its name to an order of architecture |
| AVON | River which gave its name to an English county in 1974 (4) (4) |
| SOMME | Which French river gave its name to an infamous battle of WWI? (5) |
| ARAM | Ancient region, covering much of modern-day Syria, giving its name to an important Semitic language (4) |
| BADMINTON | Gloucestershire stately home that lends its name to an Olympic sport (9) |
| INN | River that lends its name to an Austrian |
