| ASSYRIA | Ancient empire in southwestern Asia (7) |
| ARMENIA | A landlocked republic in southwestern Asia (7) |
| CARACAL | Also known as the desert lynx, or Persian lynx, this short-tailed cat is found in the hills, deserts, and plains of Africa, the Middle East, and central and southwestern Asia. |
| SEMITES | Southwestern Asia group |
| FILBERT | Species of hazelnut native to southeastern Europe and southwestern Asia |
| KASHMIRI | Language spoken in southwestern Asia |
| IRAN | Country in southwestern Asia |
| INCA | Ancient empire in the Americas |
| AZTEC | Tenochtitlan was the capital of this ancient empire in modern day Mexico (5) |
| THRACE | Ancient empire in the Balkans held successively by the Greeks, Persians, Macedonians and Romans (6) |
| MARATHA | Ancient empire of India (7) |
| BABYLON | Ancient empire's capital (7) |
| PARTHIA | An ancient empire torn apart - the centre of this annexed (7) |
| HITTITE | What was a member of the ancient empire which had its capital at Hattusa? (7) |
| ARABIA | Peninsula of southwestern Asia |
| SAUDI | Kingdom of southwestern Asia, capital Riyadh (5,6) |
| SYRIAN | Desert of southwestern Asia, extending northward from the Arabian Peninsula over much of northern Saudi Arabia, eastern Jordan, southern Syria, and western Iraq. |
| TEMPO | Rhythms in music from ancient empire (5) |
| TEMPI | Rhythms in music from ancient empire (5) |
| ROMAN | Old academic in service of ancient empire |
