| ADRIATIC | _ Sea, an arm of the Mediterranean between Italy and the Balkan Peninsula (8) |
| AEGEAN | ___ sea: an arm of Mediterranean Sea between Greece and Asia Minor? |
| ADRIATICSEA | Arm of the Mediterranean between Italy and the Balkan Peninsula (8,3) |
| TYRRHENIANSEA | Arm of the Mediterranean between Italy and the islands of Corsica, Sardinia and Sicily (10,3) |
| DALMATIA | Historical region of the Balkan Peninsula, on the Adriatic Sea (8) |
| IONIANSEA | Arm of Mediterranean between Italy and Greece (6,3) |
| MACEDONIA | Geographical and historical region of the Balkan peninsula considered to include parts of six countries, including Greece, Bulgaria, Albania and parts of the former Yugoslavia |
| WEST | Author of The Fountain Overflows, Cousin Rosamund and the Balkan travel adventure Black Lamb and Grey Falcon (4) |
| GULF | From "bosom", a trough between waves; the depth of the sea; an abyss, bay, chasm, whirlpool or other deep place; or, a figurative gap or divide (4) |
| ILLYRIA | Historical region of the Balkan peninsula, its frontiers once extending from the Danube to the Adriatic (7) |
| RHYS | Author of Wide Sargasso Sea, an imagining of a character in Jane Eyre's first marriage (4) |
| SAMOTHRACE | Largely mountainous island in the Aegean Sea; an important centre of worship in ancient times (10) |
| ALBANIA | Country on the Adriatic coast of the Balkan Peninsula (7) |
| MASALA | Highest peak of the Balkan Peninsula, in Bulgaria in the Rila Mountains (6) |
| LATERAN | ___ Treaty, signed in 1929 between Italy and The Vatican (7) |
| TRABZON | A port in north-east Turkey, on the Black Sea, an historical trading hub (7) |
| RAKI | A strong spirit popular in Turkey and the Balkan countries, usually flavoured with aniseed or other aromatics (4) |
| KOSOVO | Autonomous region in the Balkan peninsula formerly a part of Yugoslavia; capital, Pristina (6) |
| HERZEGOVINA | Southern region of a country on the Balkan peninsula (11) |
| BOSNIA | Northern region of a country on the Balkan peninsula (6) |
