| TUNISIA | Around forty percent of this country is composed of the Sahara Desert (7) |
| WOMENSGYMNASTICS | Olympic sport whose all-around competition is composed of the last parts of 19-, 26-, 44- and 52-Across |
| SKOPJE | An earthquake in 1963 destroyed eighty percent of this Macedonian city |
| ARGON | Earth's atmosphere has almost one percent of this stuff |
| TEN | 20 percent of this clue number |
| MARABOU | Large stork that inhabits land south of the Sahara desert |
| BURNETT | Frances Hodgson -; author of around 40 novels including A Lady of Quality, The Secret Garden and The Lost Prince (7) |
| CARAVAN | Group of traders and their camels traversing the Sahara Desert |
| MOROCCO | Easily seen from across the Strait of Gibraltar, this country is the only monarchy in northern Africa. |
| ALGERIA | What country consists chiefly of the north Sahara Desert? (7) |
| LESOTHO | This country is completely encircled by the Republic of South Africa. |
| MIDLIFE | - crisis, anxiety experienced at around 40 . Call the -, BBC period drama (7) |
| SIROCCO | Hot wind from the Sahara Desert |
| AUSTRIA | This country is one of only three that has won more Winter Games medals than Summer medals (7) |
| LETTERS | The word trestle is composed of them (7) |
| TARTARE | --- sauce is composed of mayonnaise mixed with hard-boiled egg yolks, chopped herbs, capers and gherkins (7) |
| LOBULAR | Spherical granuloma primarily excised is composed of small, rounded projections (7) |
| ICELAND | This country is what it sounds like (7) |
| SHINGLE | Brighton's beach is composed of ___ (7) |
| LAGHOUAT | Algerian city that is an oasis on the north edge of the Sahara Desert |
