| PERSIANGULF | Body of water located in Western Asia between Iran and the Arabian Peninsula |
| PERSIAN | ____ Gulf, body of water between Iran and the Arabian peninsula (7) |
| BANTRY | ___ Bay, body of water located on the coast of County Cork in southwestern Ireland (6) |
| CANAL | Body of water located close to Coronation Street ___ Gail McIntyre probably avoids it! (5) |
| ORYX | Large antelope of the deserts and dry plains of Africa and the Arabian Peninsula (4) |
| REDSEA | Landlocked body of water separating Africa and the Arabian peninsula (3,3) |
| TURKESTAN | Region in central Asia between Siberia in the north and Tibet, India, Afghanistan and Iran in the south (9) |
| CAPEEAGLEOWL | The bird Bubo capensis of Africa and the Arabian Peninsula |
| MESOPOTAMIA | Region of SW Asia between the lower and middle reaches of the Tigris and Euphrates rivers (11) |
| MALABARCOAST | Region of India between the Western Ghats and the Arabian Sea |
| IRAN | Second-largest country of the Middle East, in SW Asia between the Caspian Sea and the Persian Gulf (4) |
| INDIA | Asian republic bounded by the Indian Ocean, the Bay of Bengal and the Arabian Sea |
| ARMENIA | A former kingdom in W Asia, between the Black Sea and the Caspian Sea. (7) |
| CALPAC | A high-crowned black cap (usually made of felt or sheepskin) worn by men in Turkey and Iran and the |
| KALPAC | A high-crowned black cap (usually made of felt or sheepskin) worn by men in Turkey and Iran and the |
| CULPAC | A high-crowned black cap (usually made of felt or sheepskin) worn by men in Turkey and Iran and the Caucasus. |
| GULF | Deep sea inlet, as between Iran and Saudi Arabia (4) |
| ARYANS | Ancient people of Iran and the Indian subcontinent, to whom neo-fascists often, oddly, claim fealty (6) |
| IRAQ | Country that lies between Iran and Saudi Arabia |
| ADEN | Gulf between the Red and the Arabian Seas |
