| EXPECTATIONS | Trust a number of countries without a leader offering people hope (12) |
| LATINAMERICA | First section of lambada gets extended in a number of countries including Mexico (5,7) |
| NERVERACKING | It can be stressful to tour never using GPS without a leader (5-7) |
| STGEORGESCROSS | Emblem of the patron saint of a number of countries and regions including England and Catalonia, his day is celebrated on April 23rd (2,7,5) |
| ASIA | A country once losing money - or a number of countries (4) |
| SALMON | Important food fish, intensively farmed in a number of countries including Norway (6) |
| BLOC | A number of countries endlessly impede progress |
| INTERNATIONAL | Involving a number of countries |
| MAPMAKER | Producer rings UK leader and American leader offering a view on the world (3,5) |
| TWO | Number of countries which have hosted the Summer Olympics at a city south of the equator |
| MENU | Waiter's offering people starter of umeboshi (4) |
| EQUATIONS | Problems to be solved? English Queen leading countries without leader |
| MULCAIR | NDP Leader offering to form a "truly progressive government" |
| ONE | Number of countries with a non-rectangular flag |
| NINE | Number of countries whose names both start and end with "A" |
| OAKLEAF | Depicted on the logos of the Woodland Trust and the National Trust, a photosynthesis organ of the acorn-bearing tree Quercus (3,4) |
| CREDIT | Time permitted for the payment of something sold on trust; a sum deposited into a bank account; or, the positive balance of the latter (6) |
| BRAINS | ___ trust, a group of knowledgeable people who discuss topics in public (6) |
| FRANCO | European leader offering his neighbouring country almost nothing (6) |
| PRESIDENT | Country's leader offering asylum for Amin only briefly (9) |
