| SENUSSI | Member of a Muslim sect of North Africa and Arabia, founded in 1837 (7) |
| DERVISH | One of a Muslim sect (usually whirling!) (7) |
| FENNEC | A very small nocturnal fox, inhabiting deserts of North Africa and Arabia, having pale fur and very large ears (6) |
| AMISH | Mennonite sect of North America (5) |
| REDSEA | Water between north Africa and Arabia |
| SHIA | Quiet one joins a Muslim sect (4) |
| BEDOUIN | Member of a nomadic Arab people of North Africa and the Middle East.(7) |
| SARACEN | Historically, a member of an ancient nomadic desert people of Syria and Arabia living on the fringes of the Roman Empire (7) |
| SIROCCO | Hot, oppressive and dusty wind occurring in spring, beginning in North Africa and reaching southern Europe (7) |
| ATLANTA | US state capital (pop about 500,000), founded in 1837 (7) |
| MOORISH | Characterising Muslim civilisation in North Africa and Spain 711-1492 AD (7) |
| BABOONS | Large monkeys native to Africa and Arabia (7) |
| ISMAILI | Doctrine briefly troubles one member of Muslim sect |
| ADMIRAL | Red -; butterfly travelling at high altitudes to cross expanses of sea during its migration from North Africa and continental Europe to the UK (7) |
| VANDALS | Germanic people that raided Roman provinces, Gaul Spain and north Africa and sacked Rome before being crushed by Belisarius at Carthage 533 (7) |
| WAHHABI | Orthodox Sunni Muslim sect member |
| BAVARIA | German state and Arabia wrong about Venezuelan leader (7) |
| MOGUL | A bump on a ski slope; a candy-making machine; or, from the title of a member of a Muslim dynasty, a business or media tycoon (5) |
| CARAVANSERAI | Large inn enclosing a courtyard in desert regions of North Africa and Asia (12) |
| BABOON | Any of the five species of ground-dwelling monkey comprising the genus Papio, found in dry regions of Africa and Arabia (6) |
