| CEDARS | Otherwise sacred feature of the Lebanon (6) |
| BEIRUT | Capital of the Lebanon (6) |
| ARABIC | Official language of Algeria, Egypt, Iraq, Jordan, the Lebanon, Libya, Morocco, Saudi Arabia, the Sudan, Syria, Tunisia and Yemen |
| ARAMAIC | Ancient language of the Middle East that is still spoken in Syria and parts of the Lebanon (7) |
| FLATTYRE | A spare is needed for the apartment in front of the Lebanon port (4,4) |
| STANHOPE | William Pitt the Younger's niece who gave up aristocratic life and travelled the Middle East dressed as a sheikh on her Arab stallion, settling in a ruined convent in the Lebanon Mountains (8) |
| PHOENICIA | An ancient civilisation of city-states extending from the Mediterranean Sea to the Lebanon Mountains (9) |
| TYRE | Part of vehicle in the Lebanon (4) |
| FLATTYRES | The apartments around the Lebanon city are problems for drivers (4,5) |
| TERRY | Which Church of England envoy was held hostage in the Lebanon for nearly five years? (5,5) |
| WAITE | Which Church of England envoy was held hostage in the Lebanon for nearly five years? (5,5) |
| CEDAR | Partly rejected, never a deciduous tree associated with The Lebanon (5) |
| NORTH | Direction taken from the Lebanon or Thailand (5) |
| OTISGRAND | Award-winning British-based bluesman, born in the Lebanon (4,5) |
| LEVANT | The ?, name by which the area of the Mediterranean now occupied by Syria, Lebanon and Israel was formerly known (6) |
| BYBLOS | The largest city in the Mount Lebanon Governorate of Lebanon |
| JOSEPH | President of Lebanon since 9 January 2025; leader of the Lebanese Army since 2017 (6) |
| SPRUCE | Tree that shares its family with the cedar of Lebanon, larch, Douglas fir and Scots pine (6) |
| ISRAEL | Country in the Middle East bordering the Mediterranean Sea between Egypt and Lebanon (6) |
| AMOSOZ | "The Slopes of Lebanon" author |
