| BENELUX | Customs union formed by Belgium, Luxembourg and the Netherlands (7) |
| LOWCOUNTRIES | A region of Western Europe on the North Sea, consisting of Belgium, Luxembourg and the Netherlands (3,9) |
| SCHELDT | (GKN) Second-longest river of Belgium after the Meuse, shared with France and the Netherlands (7) |
| LIMBURG | Medieval duchy that was divided between Belgium and the Netherlands in 1839 (7) |
| BELGIUM | Kingdom lying between France and the Netherlands (7) |
| MOSELLE | River of W Europe forming part of the border between Luxembourg and Germany (7) |
| ILLNESS | Bug various lines bordering Luxembourg and Sweden (7) |
| TRIPOLI | Power in three leaders in Luxembourg and Italian capital (7) |
| ALLELES | Basic building blocks found in Spain, Luxembourg and El Salvador, after all |
| SAUER | 173 kilometre river which flows through Belgium, Luxembourg and Germany; scene of severe fighting in the Battle of the Bulge during World War II (5) |
| ARDENNES | The ---, a wooded plateau in south-east Belgium, Luxembourg and north-east France (8) |
| THELOWCOUNTRIES | Name for Belgium, Luxembourg and Netherlands (3,3,9) |
| RMT | Rail union formed by the merger of the NUR and NUS (initials) (3) |
| LUXEMBOURG | Capital of the same-named tiny country bordered by Belgium on the west and north, France on the south, and Germany on the northeast and east (10) |
| UNITE | Union formed by the merger of Amicus and TGWU (5) |
| UNISON | A large trade union formed by the merger of three public sector unions in 1993 (6) |
| AFLCIO | Union formed by a '55 merger |
| MERGER | Union formed by some former Germans (6) |
| SOGAT | Union formed by producers of togas? |
| FOKKER | Anthony, the 'Flying Dutchman', who made fighter aircraft for Germany in the First World War and later established companies in the US and the Netherlands (6) |
