| AZULEJO | From the Arabic for "little polished stone", a glazed blue-and-white or multicoloured tile used to decorate a Portuguese or Spanish building (7) |
| ENAMELWARE | Traditional style of kitchenalia made from powdered glass bonded onto steel, often blue-and-white or hand-painted with floral designs (10) |
| ELITE | Show the last tile used to get top social class |
| SAMITE | Opulent, heavy silk fabric woven in Medieval Europe, often with gold, silver or multicoloured embroidery (6) |
| OPAL | Translucent milky or multicolored semiprecious stone |
| MASCARA | From the Arabic for "buffoon", a cosmetic once used by clowns or by gentlemen to darken their eyebrows and moustaches, later by ladies to colour or thicken their eyelashes (7) |
| SASH | From the Arabic for "muslin, turban", a word for a strip of fine cloth twisted around the head originally, later a ribbon worn over one shoulder or around the waist (4) |
| SYRUP | From the Arabic for "sherbet" and source of "sorbet", a sugary liquid used for drinks, drizzling on ice cream, preserving fruit or for sweetening (5) |
| PALOMINO | A colour type of horse distinguished by cream, yellow, or gold coat and white or silver mane and tail |
| SIROCCO | From the Arabic for "east wind", a hot and dusty Mediterranean "jugo" originating in the Sahara; a drying machine; or, any desert breeze (7) |
| ASHES | The unburned particles and white or grayish powder remaining after a thing has been burned |
| SAFARI | From the Arabic for "travel" and in turn the Swahili for "journey", a trip observing wild animals in Africa (6) |
| CHINTZ | A printed multicoloured cotton fabric with a glazed finish used for curtains and upholstery (6) |
| ALGEBRA | From the Arabic for "reunion of broken parts" or "bone-setting", a method of calculation using letters/ symbols to represent numbers (7) |
| RAI | Algerian pop music that drew its name from the Arabic for "opinion" or "that's the thinking, here's the view" (3) |
| OBJETDART | Exquisite piece of polished stone - old boy has to move quickly to secure it |
| SYZYGY | Black and white or sun and moon |
| ACHERNAR | Brightest star in the southern constellation Eridanus, named from the Arabic for 'end of the river' (8) |
| TESSERA | Small block or tile used in a mosaic (7) |
| TERRAZZO | Floor covering consisting of chips of quartz, glass or polished stone set in concrete (8) |
