| FLATTYRE | A spare is needed for the apartment in front of the Lebanon port (4,4) |
| PRAISES | 'Spare' is how they could be sung (7) |
| TYRE | Part of car; old Lebanon port |
| BEIRUT | Lebanon port |
| STANHOPE | William Pitt the Younger's niece who gave up aristocratic life and travelled the Middle East dressed as a sheikh on her Arab stallion, settling in a ruined convent in the Lebanon Mountains (8) |
| CALAMARI | A calm air is needed for the squid (8) |
| OUDRY | French rococo painter and tapestry designer who drew inspiration from the fables of Jean de La Fontaine for his paintings for the apartment of Louis XV's son, the Dauphin, in the Palace of Versailles |
| HOMEPAGE | Apartment in the paper provides first glimpse of site (8) |
| ARAMAIC | Ancient language of the Middle East that is still spoken in Syria and parts of the Lebanon (7) |
| AFLATMAN | Apartment in Jordanian capital having left initial maintenance work of 19Ac (1,4,3) |
| FLATSPIN | Code needed to access apartment in tizzy |
| TENEMENT | Apartment in a US block |
| SERAGLIO | Women's apartments in a Muslim palace |
| IODINE | Element that is needed for the production of the thyroid hormone (6) |
| ICINESS | Here in France a cape is needed for the extreme cold |
| ELEMENT | Lee is upset! The men want tea but this is needed for the jug |
| PLASTEROFPARIS | In play, profiles part, as is needed for the cast? |
| ASCENT | ...a sprightly stance is needed for the upward slope (6) |
| CEDARS | Otherwise sacred feature of the Lebanon (6) |
| CHARDIN | French painter of animals, flowers, fruit, game and kitchenalia who, at the peak of his esteem, was rewarded by Louis XV with a studio/apartment in the Louvre and a royal pension (7) |
