| HABOOBS | Word, from Arabic for "blowing furiously", for wind-driven sandstorms or violent dusters (7) |
| TEBBADS | Best changing tack around severe sandstorms |
| HABOOB | Arabic-derived word for a furiously blowing or blasting sandstorm or duster created from gales rushing out of a collapsing thunderstorm (6) |
| DUSTER | A cloth for polishing furniture; a sprinkler; a sandstorm; or, a felt block for erasing a blackboard's chalk (6) |
| ADMIRAL | From Arabic for "commander of", word for the most senior officer of a fleet or navy; or, their flagship (7) |
| MATTRESS | Word, from Arabic for "thing thrown down", hence "carpet, cushion, mat", for a "biscuit" or palliasse for a bed (8) |
| SIROCCO | Hot and often dusty wind that blows across the Mediterranean from N Africa to S Europe in the spring and summer; from Arabic, 'east wind' (7) |
| OCARINA | Instrument for blowing through air-con with its front off (7) |
| BELLOWS | Device with an air bag used for blowing air into a fire (7) |
| BRINJAL | Alternative name for the aubergine used in India and Africa; from Arabic via Portuguese (7) |
| ALCAZAR | Spanish palace or fortress of Moorish origin; from Arabic, 'the castle' (7) |
| SPONGES | Sessile porifers, such as the breadcrumbs, crumpled dusters, mermaid's gloves, prawn crackers, sea oranges or shredded carrots, that play crucial roles in marine ecosystems (7) |
| RAMADAN | Ninth month of the Muslim year; from Arabic, 'the hot month' (7) |
| ASTOUND | Out jogging in a sandstorm? You do surprise me! (7) |
| HAREM | Word from Arabic for "sacred, inviolable place" |
| SAHIB | Word from Arabic for "friend" |
| TRUSSED | Fresh dusters in a bundle (7) |
| TANDEMS | Met sandstorm, one behind the other (7) |
| TANGLES | Dusters |
| ALGEBRA | High-school subject with a name derived from Arabic |
