12) An episode involving turmoil, excitement or confusion (8) 1) Country that borders the Northern European Sea (7) 21) Country that borders the Northern European Sea (6)
I also wondered about traumata but, looking in the dictionary, the clue should have been pluralised if that word was expected, as traumata is the plural of trauma. (Lots of traumas). Brouhaha seems to fit the bill. Toxophilus