| DESERTRATS | Nickname of military units that have served in North Africa and the Gulf |
| YDS | Units that have 3 ft. |
| DESERTRAT | British soldier who served in North Africa in 1941-42 (6,3) |
| BATTERIES | Military units that can be sources of power (9) |
| HOUSEHOLDTROOPS | Military units that provide protective functions for a country's head of state (9,6) |
| WADI | Gully or streambed in North Africa and the Middle East that remains dry except during rainy season. |
| DJELLABA | Cloak with a hood and wide sleeves worn in North Africa and the Middle East (8) |
| ARABIAN | The world's largest peninsula. Located in the extreme southwestern corner of Asia, it is bounded by the Red Sea, the Persian (or Arabian) Gulf, the Gulf of Oman and the Gulf of Aden. (7) |
| ARABIC | Semitic language spoken in North Africa and the Middle East (6) |
| BARBARYCOAST | The Ottoman borderlands of North Africa and the Mediterranean Sea, historically (7,5) |
| BEDOUIN | Member of a nomadic Arab people of North Africa and the Middle East.(7) |
| LIONS | Known as the "kings of the jungle", animals living in prides in savannas, grasslands and forests of India and Africa, and the Longleat estate in Wilshire (5) |
| DATEPALM | Tree of North Africa and the Middle East cultivated for its sweet edible fruits (4,4) |
| ROSEOFJERICHO | Desert plant of North Africa and the Middle East |
| ARABS | Inhabitants of North Africa and the Middle East (5) |
| EIGHTHARMY | WWII military force that campaigned in North Africa and Italy (6,4) |
| SIROCCO | Hot, oppressive and dusty wind occurring in spring, beginning in North Africa and reaching southern Europe (7) |
| GALLIPOLI | Peninsula in NW Turkey, between the Dardanelles and the Gulf of Saros, that was the scene of an unsuccessful Allied campaign in 1915 |
| DJIBOUTI | Country in the Horn of Africa, bordering on the Red Sea and the Gulf of Aden (8) |
| ARABIANSEA | Body of water that includes the Gulf of Aden and the Gulf of Oman |
