| BRINJAL | Alternative name for the aubergine used in India and Africa; from Arabic via Portuguese (7) |
| EMIR | Independent ruler or chieftain in Islamic countries of the Middle East; from Arabic via French, 'commander' (4) |
| GUINEAWORM | The parasitic creature Dracunculus medinensis, common in India and Africa |
| ATLANTIC | The ocean that separates Europe and Africa from the Americas. |
| TANDOOR | Cylindrical clay oven used in India and Pakistan (7) |
| 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) |
| SOLANUM | Chiefly tropical plant genus that includes the potato, the aubergine and certain nightshades (7) |
| FISHING | The moniker for this smallish tropical cat found in India and Southeast Asia, characterized by dark spots and streaks, that's known for scooping its prey out of the water. |
| ADMIRAL | From Arabic for "commander of", word for the most senior officer of a fleet or navy; or, their flagship (7) |
| RAMADAN | Ninth month of the Muslim year; from Arabic, 'the hot month' (7) |
| HABOOBS | Word, from Arabic for "blowing furiously", for wind-driven sandstorms or violent dusters (7) |
| ALCAZAR | Spanish palace or fortress of Moorish origin; from Arabic, 'the castle' (7) |
| LIONS | Known as the "kings of the jungle", animals living in prides in savannas, grasslands and forests of India and Africa, and the Longleat estate in Wilshire (5) |
| EGGPLANT | Another name for the aubergine, a vegetable much used in Mallorcan cuisine, notably stuffed with minced meat or as part of the vegetable dish tumbet (8) |
| URANIUM | Posh queen in India and Burma regularly supplies reactor fuel (7) |
| NAMASTE | Literally meaning "bowing to you", a greeting in India and SE Asia (7) |
| ALGEBRA | High-school subject with a name derived from Arabic |
| IMITATE | Take off with it in India and China (7) |
| ZEBU | Domesticated ox used in India and East Asia as a draught animal (4) |
| ICELAND | Smart boy turned up in India and another country |
