| SYRIAN | Desert of southwestern Asia, extending northward from the Arabian Peninsula over much of northern Saudi Arabia, eastern Jordan, southern Syria, and western Iraq. |
| MARA | Maasai -; Kenya's national game reserve extending northward from the Serengeti that is witness annually to the world's largest migration (4) |
| HINDUKUSH | A mountain range in Central Asia, extending about 800 km east from the Koh-i-Baba Mountains of Central Afghanistan to the Pamirs (5,4) |
| SCENIC | Picturesque peaks of snowy cliffs extending northward in Chile (6) |
| ARABIA | Peninsula of southwestern Asia |
| SAUDI | Kingdom of southwestern Asia, capital Riyadh (5,6) |
| TSETSE | Fly northward from West Estonia (6) |
| REDSEA | Narrow arm of the Indian Ocean that separates NE Africa from the Arabian peninsula (3,3) |
| GAGGLE | Silence over much of Scottish valley for set of geese on ground (6) |
| 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. |
| SAUDIS | People from the Arabian peninsula |
| PERSIANGULF | Body of water separated from the Arabian Sea by the Strait of Hormuz (7,4) |
| MELODRAMA | Sensational acts curtailing music over much of 19 (9) |
| COYPU | Semiaquatic rodent is wary going over much of place (5) |
| TAIGA | Evergreen, subarctic forest spanning much of northern Eurasia and North America (5) |
| SINBAD | Who was the sailor hero in a story from the Arabian Nights? (6) |
| LIFE | "___ is full of misery, loneliness, and suffering - and it's all over much too soon" (Woody Allen) |
| ASIR | Region of southwestern Saudi Arabia immediately north of Yemen made up of about 40,000 square miles (100,000 square km) of Red Sea coastal plains, high mountains, and the valleys of seasonal watercour |
| GALILEE | Much of northern Israel |
| TUNDRA | Biome covering much of northern Siberia (6) |
