| GAUL | Village in Egypt on the Nile that occupies part of the site of ancient Thebes (6) |
| KARNAK | Village in Egypt on the Nile that occupies part of the site of ancient Thebes (6) |
| BELLYDANCERS | Shakers and movers in Egypt found in the middle of those in river dance (5,7) |
| ELALAMEIN | Site in Egypt of a battle fought in the Second World War which resulted in a decisive British victor |
| ROSETTASTONE | Rock slab discovered in Egypt in 1799 now housed in the British Museum (7,5) |
| WAFD | Nationalist party in Egypt, founded in 1918 and dissolved in 1953 (4) |
| SHAH | He died in Egypt in 1980 |
| THEWILDERNESS | "...and my miracles, which I did in Egypt and in ___" |
| GENESIS | '... and he was put in a coffin in Egypt' is how it ends |
| ASWAN | The stones used to build the pharaoh's pyramids were quarried in this town in Egypt that is now the |
| SUEZ | Canal in Egypt first opened in 1869 (4) |
| SUEZCANALCRISIS | Lester B. Pearson won the nobel Peace Prize for his diplomacy in de-escalating this 1956 dilemma in egypt: 3 wds. |
| ROSETTA | --- stone, an inscribed slab discovered in Egypt in 1799 (7) |
| PIASTRE | A coin in use at various times in Egypt, Lebanon, Libya, The Sudan, Syria and Tunisia |
| KINE | Cattle appearing in a flock in Egypt (4) |
| TUTSTOMB | Valley of the Kings discovery in '22 in Egypt: 2 wds. |
| NAUCRATIS | Ancient Greek city in Egypt, in the Nile delta (9) |
| ACTIS | Character in Greek mythology who built the city of Heliopolis in Egypt to honour his father Helios (5) |
| OBELISKS | Tapering stone pillars with pyramidal tops such as those at the centre of the Place de la Concorde in Paris or any of those in Egypt or Rome (8) |
| SPHINX | Drive by, taking in horse statue in Egypt (6) |