| STAN | Persian for "place" |
| MUST | From the Latin for "young wine", word for freshly crushed grape juice before or during fermentation; or, from the Persian for "drunk", a frenzied state of bull elephants (4) |
| CHESS | Ancient war game whose name may have derived for the Persian for 'king' (5) |
| KIOSKS | From the Persian for "pavilions", a word for bandstands, news-stands, telephone boxes or small shops (6) |
| BRONZE | From Persian for "brass", an alloy of copper and tin favoured as a medium for sculpture since antiquity (6) |
| AZURE | From Persian for "lapis lazuli", a cerulean-like colour; heraldic blue; or, a poetic word for a clear sky (5) |
| KHAKI | From Persian for "dust", a dull brownish-yellow material first used for uniforms by British troops in India in the 1840s; or, said cloth's colour (5) |
| AZOTH | From Persian for "quicksilver", the alchemists' name for mercury; or, the panacea postulated by occultist and "father of toxicology" Paracelsus (5) |
| ZARI | Name, from Persian for "gold", for the fine golden or silver thread used in Indian brocade and embroidery (4) |
| TEAPOY | From Hindi and Persian for "three leg", a small ordinary tripod-like table first, later one with a caddy for chai (6) |
| JULEP | From the Persian for "rose water", a word for sweet or syrupy sometimes- medicated liquor originally, but now an iced and sugared drink of bourbon prepared with mint water (5) |
| LILAC | Name, from the Persian for "blue", for the fragrant syringa bloom with a pale lavender or purplish-pink hue symbolising spring coming anew or one's first love most true; or, with "French", the plant, |
| TALIBAN | Group whose name is Persian for "students" |
| SHAH | Persian for 'king' |
| TAJ | Persian for 'crown' |
| FELINE | Persian for one using iron railway |
| MEW | Persian for "scratch me"? |
| CHITCHAT | Talk: problem in Persian, for example? |
| SITAR | Instrument from the Persian for "three-stringed" |
| CAT | Persian, for example |
