| ASIA | A country once losing money - or a number of countries (4) |
| FREESIA | Plant in independent country once losing millions |
| MESS | Word for a group of iguanas; or, a number of military personnel who eat together in a dining hall or room of the same name (4) |
| BOOK | Record of bets; set of rules; or, a number of pages, stamps, tickets or fabric swatches bound together (4) |
| YARD | Describing an arm or a number of feet (4) |
| BLOC | A number of countries endlessly impede progress |
| GILT | Gold leaf/paint applied to a surface; money; or, a young sow (4) |
| AYES | One vote in favour, or a number (4) |
| NINE | Number of countries whose names both start and end with "A" |
| MAIN | Principal pipe distributing water, gas etc; the high sea; or, a number from 5 to 9 in the game hazard (4) |
| FIVE | *Number of countries that participated in every Summer Olympics |
| OCHO | Number of countries between los Estados Unidos y Colombia |
| VARY | Modify view initially on Joseph wife losing money (4) |
| ALMS | Charity always losing money, solvent initially (4) |
| ALOE | Plant's only losing money essentially (4) |
| UGLY | Unattractive fool losing money lately on vacation (4) |
| USER | Customer: One immersed in thought after losing money? (4) |
| 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) |
| LATINAMERICA | First section of lambada gets extended in a number of countries including Mexico (5,7) |
| EXPECTATIONS | Trust a number of countries without a leader offering people hope (12) |
