| Clue | Country | Reason |
|---|
| Brown state? | |
| Thanks girl holding one king with one saint | |
| Man Mary disturbed | |
| Assyrian prisoner? | |
| Endless spin is important | |
| Sounds like Cravat World? | |
| Bosnia-and-Herzegovina starts to downpour | |
| Intone a modest sound | |
| Is 'The Return of the King'? | |
| Obama and CID working together? | |
| Modifying khaki, mostly, containing aquaquartz shell, with laurel | |
| I want a rewrite! | |
| Forbid happy emotions, initially: quiet! | |
| What's inside Argentine palace? | |
| Shout out, surprisingly ok about article | |
| Together with Maria, berates organiser | |
| | Clue | Country | Reason |
|---|
| Men surround daughter, four | |
| Brewed IPA stank! | |
| Type of blanket on which I stand endlessly | |
| Bad French unknown in the continent | |
| Bale out? The French say 'no'! | |
| French saint takes short road | |
| Half of brute's neighs | |
| Confused Limo Tester | |
| Question a sailor | |
| As Lark in spring | |
| Nigerian city loses heart | |
| First and last letters to queen precedes prohibition securing one german's approval | |
| He hurries, it's said | |
| Bahrain diamonds kept within! | |
| Yes, German, look for gold! | |
| You old chaps! | |
| | Clue | Country | Reason |
|---|
| Disciple wishes | |
| Sounds like what would follow Line 7? | |
| Errant hook misplaced | |
| Asia minor males rub out stain | |
| Ones trapped in another country | |
| Julius Caesar, say, loses his head | |
| Facial feature is anatomical first | |
| Aria aids tuba recital, without first trombone | |
| First of Kazakhs younger relations gave Yeltsin zeal, so treaties are needed | |
| Soviet name-caller withheld | |
| I managed | |
| Song transfixes males | |
| Ban hut demolition | |
| Aunt bikes around, holding final letter | |
| In Paris, my turn to raise trouble | |
| Put question to revolutionary organisation | |
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