| MIDDLEEASTERN | Of the countries from Turkey to Iran (6-7) |
| TIGRIS | It flows from Turkey to the Persian Gulf (6) |
| TIGRISRIVER | It flows from Turkey to Iraq: 2 wds. |
| TREK | It's a long journey from Turkey to eastern Cambodia |
| AEGEAN | ___ Sea, arm of the Mediterranean located between the Greek peninsula to the west and Turkey to the east (6) |
| CURTAIN | Boundary that separated Warsaw Pact countries from NATO countries until the end of the Cold War, the |
| ARRACK | Alcoholic spirit distilled in various Asian countries from the sap of the coconut flower, sometimes with rice or molasses (6) |
| AFRICAN | A native, inhabitant or citizen of any of the countries of Africa (7) |
| ARUBA | One of the countries in the Kingdom of the Netherlands |
| NILE | Flowing some 4,160 miles through 11 countries from Lake Victoria to the Mediterranean Sea, Earth's longest river according to Guinness World Records (4) |
| EUROS | Units of currency of 19 of the countries in an organisation which the UK is considering leaving (5) |
| COMMONWEALTH | The - - -, organisation consisting of the United Kingdom and most of the countries that were previously under its rule (12) |
| ICELAND | With the capital Reykjavik, one of the countries where the midnight sun occurs annually (7) |
| EASTERN | Collective name of the countries of Central and Eastern Europe under Soviet domination during the Cold War (7,4) |
| BLOC | Collective name of the countries of Central and Eastern Europe under Soviet domination during the Cold War (7,4) |
| TWENTY | Figure travelled from one side of Turkey to the other |
| ATLAS | A book with maps of the countries of the world (5) |
| CANADA | One of the countries occupying the northern part of North America |
| GEOGRAPHY | Study of the countries of the world (9) |
| ENGLAND | One of the countries represented on the Union flag (7) |
