| OTTOMANEMPIRE | Political entity which covered much of Southeast Europe, West Asia, and North Africa until the 1920s (7,6) |
| MEDITERRANEAN | _ Sea, major body of water south of Europe, west of Asia and north of Africa (13) |
| GLACIERS | Massive ice forms that once covered much of the Northern Hemisphere. |
| FRANCHISER | Business entity which authorises others to use its brand name |
| JERBOA | A small, nocturnal, burrowing rodent of the dry regions of Asia and North Africa (6) |
| SUSAN | The Forsyte Saga detailed the lives of a family from 1879 until the 1920s and starred Kenneth More as Jolyon and ... Hampshire as Fleur |
| IRENE | The Forsyte Saga detailed the lives of a family from 1879 until the 1920s and starred Kenneth More as Jolyon and Nyree Dawn Porter as ... Forsyte |
| JOLYON | The Forsyte Saga detailed the lives of a family from 1879 until the 1920s and starred Kenneth More as the older ... Forsyte |
| JERBOAS | Nocturnal burrowing rodents of dry regions of Asia and North Africa, having long hind legs (7) |
| DOURA | Sorghums of dry regions of Asia and North Africa. |
| HENNA | Tree of Asia and North Africa from whose powdered leaves a reddish dye is obtained (5) |
| ARAB | Member of an ethnic group inhabiting Western Asia and North Africa (4) |
| ALMOND | Small bushy deciduous tree native to Asia and North Africa, with pink blossoms and edible nuts (6) |
| TAIGA | Zone of coniferous forest in the north of Europe, Asia and North America |
| THRACE | Historical region of Southeast Europe, now divided between Greece, Bulgaria and Turkey (6) |
| REDDEER | Cervus elaphus, native to Europe, Asia and North Africa (3,4) |
| LONGLEGGED | ___ buzzard, raptor of central Asia and north Africa (4-6) |
| SAKERS | Small falcons of Asia and north Africa (6) |
| DATEPALM | A tree yielding a dark brown oval fruit native to Asia and North Africa (4,4) |
| COOT | Aquatic bird of Europe, Asia, and North America with dark plumage and a white bill and forehead (4) |
