| JERBOA | Small nocturnal burrowing rodent of dry regions of Asia and north Africa |
| DOURA | Sorghums of dry regions of Asia and North Africa. |
| GERBIL | Burrowing rodent of hot dry regions of Asia and Africa |
| BABOON | Any of the five species of ground-dwelling monkey comprising the genus Papio, found in dry regions of Africa and Arabia (6) |
| MACAQUE | Short-tailed monkey inhabiting Gibraltar and wooded or rocky regions of Asia and Africa (7) |
| SAKERS | Small falcons of Asia and north Africa (6) |
| MEDITERRANEAN | _ Sea, major body of water south of Europe, west of Asia and north of Africa (13) |
| HENNA | Tree of Asia and North Africa from whose powdered leaves a reddish dye is obtained (5) |
| PIKA | Any burrowing lagomorph mammal of the family Ochotonidae of Asia and North America, also called cony and mouse hare (4) |
| DUSTDEVIL | Small whirlwind of dry regions |
| CACTUS | Name the spiny plant chiefly native to the hot, dry regions of America (6) |
| AARDVARK | Nocturnal burrowing mammal of the grasslands of Africa that feeds on termites. |
| ALMOND | Small bushy deciduous tree native to Asia and North Africa, with pink blossoms and edible nuts (6) |
| LONGLEGGED | ___ buzzard, raptor of central Asia and north Africa (4-6) |
| ARAB | Member of an ethnic group inhabiting Western Asia and North Africa (4) |
| CACTI | Plants of dry regions (5) |
| MAGNOLIA | Genus of trees of Asia and North America cultivated for their white, pink, purple or yellow showy flowers (8) |
| OXEYEDAISY | Widespread flowering plant native to Europe and the temperate regions of Asia (6,5) |
| OTTOMANEMPIRE | Political entity which covered much of Southeast Europe, West Asia, and North Africa until the 1920s (7,6) |
| REDDEER | Cervus elaphus, native to Europe, Asia and North Africa (3,4) |
