| SUFI | Member of a Muslim mystical order whose name derives from phrase 'one who wears wool' |
| ANAGRAMS | "Sword" from "words" and "seraph" from "phrase", for example (8) |
| SUFIC | Relating to a Muslim mystical order (5) |
| MOGUL | A bump on a ski slope; a candy-making machine; or, from the title of a member of a Muslim dynasty, a business or media tycoon (5) |
| DERVISH | Member of a Muslim order of ascetics, some of which are noted for a whirling dance (7) |
| KAZAK | A member of a Muslim Turkic people of western Asia (especially in Kazakstan). |
| SIRENIA | Manatee's order, whose name comes from Greek myth |
| HANGMAN | A game involving guessing a word or phrase one letter at a time |
| WHIRLINGDERVISH | Member of a Muslim order of ecstatic dancers (8,7) |
| SENUSSI | Member of a Muslim sect of North Africa and Arabia, founded in 1837 (7) |
| CHERUB | An angel of the second order whose distinctive gift is knowledge; or, in art, an amoretto or putto depicting such a being, traditionally in the form of a winged child (6) |
| MOOR | Member of a Muslim people of North Africa (4) |
| UIGHUR | Member of a Muslim ethnic minority suffering persecution in China (6) |
| MARSUPIAL | A mammal of an order whose members are born incompletely developed and are typically carried and suckled in a pouch on the mother's belly |
| PHILLYCHEESESTEAK | Regional meat and dairy order whose first word is formed by P + a synonym for "mountainous": 2 wds. (Theme answer: this answer is a sandwich, and the circled letters spell a fruit.) |
| WOOWOOSHOT | Bar order whose first two words are 2x a verb meaning "pursue romantically" and whose last word is a synonym for "attempt": 3 wds. |
| DONTDOIT | Phrase one might yell at the screen during a horror film |
| UYGHUR | Member of a Muslim ethnic group in China |
| FRENCHTOAST | Breakfast order whose first word is the language spoken in Paris and whose second word anagrams to "stoat": 2 wds. (Theme answer: The relationship of the circled and uncircled letters is explained in |
| XIAOLONGBAO | Dim sum order whose first word is found by taking every other letter of "expirator" and whose second word is an English synonym for "lengthy": 3 wds. |
