| JERBOA | A small nocturnal burrowing rodent of dry regions of Asia and North Africa (6) |
| DOURA | Sorghums of dry regions of Asia and North Africa. |
| GERBIL | Burrowing rodent of hot dry regions of Asia and Africa (6) |
| BABOON | Any of the five species of ground-dwelling monkey comprising the genus Papio, found in dry regions of Africa and Arabia (6) |
| SAKERS | Small falcons of Asia and north Africa (6) |
| ALMOND | Small bushy deciduous tree native to Asia and North Africa, with pink blossoms and edible nuts (6) |
| DESERT | A Sikh art dealer represented a dry region of Africa? - w 4ac (8,6) |
| CACTUS | Name the spiny plant chiefly native to the hot, dry regions of America (6) |
| BADGER | Nocturnal burrowing animal |
| 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) |
| RACCOON | Name a small nocturnal carnivore, arboreal in habit, and having a sharp snout and a bushy ringed tail (7) |
| PIKA | Any burrowing lagomorph mammal of the family Ochotonidae of Asia and North America, also called cony and mouse hare (4) |
| KALAHARI | A Sikh art dealer represented a dry region of Africa? - w 19dn (8,6) |
| KALAHARIDESERT | A Sikh art dealer represented a dry region of Africa? (8,6) |
| LONGLEGGED | ___ buzzard, raptor of central Asia and north Africa (4-6) |
| OTTOMANEMPIRE | Political entity which covered much of Southeast Europe, West Asia, and North Africa until the 1920s (7,6) |
| DATEPALM | A tree yielding a dark brown oval fruit native to Asia and North Africa (4,4) |
| DUSTDEVIL | Small whirlwind of dry regions |
| OXEYEDAISY | Widespread flowering plant native to Europe and the temperate regions of Asia (6,5) |
