| FERTILECRESCENT | Sickle-shaped region in the Middle East including modern-day Jordan and Iraq (7,8) |
| LEVANT | Former name for an area in the Middle East, including Syria, Lebanon, Jordan and Israel (6) |
| DINAR | Unit of currency in Jordan and Iraq (5) |
| SEMITE | One of the people of Middle East including the Arabs and Jews |
| LIGURIA | Crescent-shaped region in the north-west of Italy whose capital is Genoa (7) |
| GAUL | Ancient region including modern-day France |
| BRERETON | District of Cheshire East, including ___ Heath, Smethwick Green and Davenport; notable landmarks include ___ Hall, a Grade I listed Elizabethan house, and The Bear's Head pub on ___ Green (8) |
| MOAB | Ancient city appearing throughout the Old Testament, in modern-day Jordan (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 |
| EMIRATE | Take me up and away from crazy region in the Middle East |
| EDOM | Ancient kingdom in modern-day Jordan |
| NABATAEAN | Member of an Arabian people who lived around Petra, in present-day Jordan, in the Hellenistic and Roman periods (9) |
| PETRA | Ancient city in the south of present-day Jordan that was capital of the Nabataean kingdom (5) |
| NUCLEOID | Irregularly-shaped region within the cell of a prokaryote that contains all or most of the genetic m |
| GAZASTRIP | Much-disputed region in the Middle East |
| STRIP | Gaza ___ (region in the Middle East) |
| SARGASSOSEA | Elongated region in the middle of the North Atlantic |
| MASSIFCENTRAL | Mountainous plateau region in the middle of France (6,7) |
| FALX | Starts in field attacking linseed by sickle-shaped weapon (4) |
| ASTEROIDBELT | Ring-shaped region between Mars and Jupiter occupied by minor planets (8,4) |
