| MOSUL | City in northern Iraq on the banks of the Tigris |
| ASSUR | Earliest capital of Assyria, on the west bank of the Tigris river in modern-day Iraq (5) |
| NINEVEH | Ancient capital of Assyria, on the east bank of the Tigris opposite modern-day Mosul, Iraq (7) |
| BASRA | A port in Iraq, on the Shatt al-arab River (5) |
| KURDS | Dairy products reportedly made by people in northern Iraq (5) |
| SYRIA | Country containing about 440 miles of the course of the Euphrates and about 27 miles of the Tigris |
| ARABS | Inhabitants of the Tigris/Euphrates wetlands, the Marsh ... |
| HILLAH | City in central Iraq on the Euphrates River that is the capital of Babylon Province |
| KIRKUK | City in northern Iraq (6) |
| BAGHDAD | The capital of Iraq, on the River Tigris (7) |
| SHATTALARAB | River in Iraq, formed by the confluence of the Tigris and Euphrates (5-2-4) |
| ASSYRIAN | Person from an ancient country, now in northern Iraq (8) |
| KURD | Nomad in northern Iraq (4) |
| ZAGROS | Mountain range in southwestern Iran, extending northwest-southeast from the border areas of eastern Turkey and northern Iraq to the Strait of Hormuz. Its highest point is Mount Dena. (6) |
| EDEN | Origin of the Tigris and the Euphrates, in Genesis |
| MESOPOTAMIA | Region of SW Asia between the lower and middle reaches of the Tigris and Euphrates rivers (11) |
| PARTHIA | Ancient empire of the Tigris-Euphrates valley |
| KUWAIT | Which country was invaded by Iraq on 2nd August, 1990? (6) |
| ASSYRIA | One of the world's great empires, occupying present-day northern Iraq and south-eastern Turkey (7) |
| ELAM | Ancient land east of the Tigris |
