| DERVISH | Member of a Muslim order of ascetics, some of which are noted for a whirling dance (7) |
| DERVISHES | Members of various Muslim orders of ascetics, some of whom are noted for a whirling dance (9) |
| WHIRLINGDERVISH | Member of a Muslim order of ecstatic dancers (8,7) |
| KOLA | Russian peninsula, the seas around which are noted for holding many salmon (4) |
| SORGHUM | Genus of about 25 species of plants in the grass family, some of which are grown as cereals for human consumption, and others in pastures for animals (7) |
| SENUSSI | Member of a Muslim sect of North Africa and Arabia, founded in 1837 (7) |
| SALCHOW | In figure skating, a whirling jump from the inside back edge of one skate to the outside back edge of the other (7) |
| REELING | Whirling dance in centre of Lagos |
| VERTIGO | A whirling green one to move (7) |
| SUFI | Member of a Muslim order (4) |
| 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) |
| KAZAK | A member of a Muslim Turkic people of western Asia (especially in Kazakstan). |
| ROYALMINT | Government-owned company producing up to 90 million coins and blanks a week, some of which are subject to the periodic trial of the pyx procedure (5,4) |
| BODY | Bad typos scattered around the back of newspaper, some of which are here (4,5) |
| PARTS | Bad typos scattered around the back of newspaper, some of which are here (4,5) |
| CROSSANDRA | Genus of tender exotic plants from Africa and India, some of which are known as firecracker plants (10) |
| SEASLUGS | Common marine creatures found in NZ, some of which are toxic (3,5) |
| REINDEER | Santa's sleigh-bearers, some of which are in answers to asterisked clues (8) |
| MOOR | Member of a Muslim people of North Africa (4) |
| ESSENE | Several directions given by one of an ancient Jewish fraternity of ascetics (6) |
