| SAUDIS | Sheik Yerbouti, presumably, and others |
| ZAPPA | "Sheik Yerbouti" man |
| WILDLOVE | Zappa tune on "Sheik Yerbouti" |
| ALBUM | "Sheik Yerbouti," for one |
| PUN | Frank Zappa's "Sheik Yerbouti," e.g. |
| WINDDOWN | Stop kidding, presumably, and relax |
| INHAND | Hospitalised presumably and being seen to |
| REDEEM | Think again, presumably, and save (6) |
| BACKDOWN | End up presumably and concede defeat (4,4) |
| FALLSOVERBOARD | Winter's starting, presumably, and group of directors takes the plunge unintentionally (5,9) |
| NOTLONGFORTHISWORLD | Ache to see a new planet, presumably, and soon to depart |
| SHEIK | Frank Zappa album "___ Yerbouti" |
| RUDOLPH | Italian-born silent film star whose films include Blood and Sand and The Sheik (7,9) |
| VALENTINO | Italian-born silent film star whose films include Blood and Sand and The Sheik (7,9) |
| OFARABY | Smith and Wheeler tune, "The Sheik ___" |
| SILENTS | "The Sheik" and "The General" |
| MAKTOUM | Dubai's emir and Godolphin Racing's owner, Sheik ... (7) |
| PRATTLE | Talk nonsense to president and sheik on the radio (7) |
| DESOUZA | Edward ___, actor whose roles include Sheik Hosein in the film The Spy Who Loved Me and Colin Grimshaw in Coronation Street |
| KAISERWILHELM | Old Emperor well upset with Sheik and Amir (6,7) |
