| SSRS | Belarus and Lithuania, once (Abbr.) |
| SATELLITESTATES | Latvia and Lithuania, once |
| SSR | Estonia or Lithuania, once: Abbr. |
| EUR | Where Latvia and Lithuania are: Abbr. |
| BALTIC | Sea bordering Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania; The ___ Triangle, development area in the heart of Liverpool, noted for cafes and nightlife (6) |
| BELARUS | Country between Ukraine and Lithuania |
| LATVIA | Country bordered by Estonia and Lithuania (6) |
| EURO | Money of Estonia Latvia and Lithuania |
| RUSSIA | Country bordered by Azerbaijan, Belarus and China |
| CHAGALL | Artist with museums in Vitebsk, Belarus, and Nice, France |
| BUG | Tributary of the Narew River forming part of Poland's border with both Belarus and Ukraine (3) |
| ROUBLE | Standard monetary unit of Belarus and Russia, divided into 100 kopecks (6) |
| RABBLE | Disorderly crowd in real rioting around capitals of Belarus and Bulgaria (6) |
| MINSK | Capital city of Belarus and headquarters of the CIS (5) |
| DNIEPER | River that flows through Russia, Belarus and Ukraine into the Black Sea (7) |
| HLEB | Alexander, 2001-19 Belarus and 2005-08 Arsenal midfielder (4) |
| NATOMEMBERS | Belgium, Canada, Lithuania, and 25 other countries |
| KALINGRAD | Russia's westernmost oblast, bordered by Poland, Lithuania, and the Baltic Sea. (9) |
| KLAIPEDA | City and port in Lithuania, on the Baltic Sea (8) |
| ARLAUSKIS | Giedrius ......... , 2008-15 Lithuania and 2015-17 Watford goalkeeper (9) |
