| KURD | Member of an ethnic and linguistic group living primarily in contiguous areas of Iran, Iraq, and Turkey |
| BASQUE | Member of an ethnic and linguistic group of Spain and France (6) |
| MIDEAST | Setting of Iran, Iraq and Israel |
| KURDS | Members of an ethnic and linguistic group who inhabit parts of the Middle East (5) |
| ARAB | Resident of Iran, Iraq or Kuwait (4) |
| WALLOON | Member of Belgium's second-largest cultural and linguistic group after the Dutch-speaking Flemings (7) |
| SLAV | Member of the most numerous ethnic and linguistic peoples in Europe (4) |
| SIRENIA | Order of aquatic mammals consisting of the dugong and manatees now living primarily in tropical waters (7) |
| COSSACKS | Members of an ethnic group from Ukraine and Russia once famed as mounted soldiers (8) |
| SHONA | A Bantu ethnic group native to Southern Africa, living primarily in Zimbabwe (5) |
| WASP | No member of an ethnic minority in America is a stinger (4) |
| KURDISTAN | Mountainous region in the Middle East that has struggled for self-determination since 1923 against the governments of Turkey, Iran, Iraq and Syria |
| AXIS | ___ of Evil (term George W. Bush used for Iran, Iraq, and North Korea) |
| AKAN | Member of ethnic group living in Ghana and in E. Ivory Coast |
| ROSELLA | Parrot — red in colour — living primarily in Los Angeles |
| NORDIC | What pertains to a subdivision of an ethnic group most predominant in Scandinavia (6) |
| SHARERS | Plantation owners living primarily in southern states (7) |
| CREE | North American indigenous people, living primarily in Canada |
| OPEC | Group founded by Iran, Iraq, Kuwait, Saudi Arabia and Venezuela (4) |
| KHARGISLAND | Oil terminal for supertankers in the Persian Gulf which came under frequent attack during the Iran-Iraq War (5,6) |
