| BENELUX | Customs union implemented by Belgium, Luxembourg and the Netherlands in 1948 (7) |
| LIMBURG | Medieval duchy that was divided between Belgium and the Netherlands in 1839 (7) |
| LOWCOUNTRIES | A region of Western Europe on the North Sea, consisting of Belgium, Luxembourg and the Netherlands (3,9) |
| NEWDEAL | Domestic programme of economic and social reform implemented by US President Franklin D. Roosevelt in 1933 to combat the effects of the Great Depression (3,4) |
| SCHELDT | (GKN) Second-longest river of Belgium after the Meuse, shared with France and the Netherlands (7) |
| SHERMAN | General in the Union Army who implemented scorched-earth tactics against the South during his 'March to the Sea' in 1864 (7) |
| TRIPOLI | Power in three leaders in Luxembourg and Italian capital (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) |
| ALLELES | Basic building blocks found in Spain, Luxembourg and El Salvador, after all |
| DECIMAL | Which system was implemented in Ireland on February 15, 1971? (7) |
| APPLIED | A pope oddly said the wrong thing should be implemented (7) |
| 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) |
| 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) |
| SHAKEUP | Dine on fish inside, noting changes to be implemented |
| USEDCAR | Implemented careful removal of non-standard fuel to get more affordable vehicle (4,3) |
| THELOWCOUNTRIES | Name for Belgium, Luxembourg and Netherlands (3,3,9) |
| 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) |
