| VANDOORNE | Stoffel ?, Belgian F1 driver; 2016 Bahrain Grand Prix debutant (9) |
| ICKX | Jacky ?, Belgian F1 driver who won the 1972 German GP (4) |
| LECLERC | Charles ....... , F1 driver; 2022 Bahrain Grand Prix winner (7) |
| ROSBERG | Nico ___, F1 driver; 2016 European GP winner (7) |
| BOUTSEN | Thierry, Belgian F1 driver who won the 1989 Canadian GP (7) |
| BRITANNIA | Helmeted woman's time in Bahrain, travelling without husband (9) |
| MARAUDER | Jacky ___, Belgian F1 & Le Mans racer |
| SPA | Belgian F1 circuit (3) |
| LEKEU | Guillaume ?, Belgian composer whose works include 1891's Andromede (5) |
| HORTA | Victor ?, Belgian architect considered to be the originator of Art Nouveau (5) |
| MAETERLINCK | Maurice ?, Belgian poet and dramatist awarded the 1911 Nobel Prize in Literature (11) |
| ENSOR | James ?, Belgian painter whose works include 1890's The Intrigue (5) |
| NEUVILLE | Thierry ?, Belgian winner of the 2017 Rally Poland, eighth round of the World Rally Championship |
| MAGRITTE | Rene ?, Belgian artist whose works include Elective Affinities and Golconda |
| SIMENON | Georges ?, Belgian author who created Inspector Maigret |
| GULFSTATE | Bahrain or Kuwait |
| MASSA | Felipe, F1 driver who won the 2007 Bahrain GP (5) |
| MANAMA | Capital city of Bahrain since 1971, lying at the northeast tip of Bahrain island in the Persian Gulf (6) |
| HAIR | No ban in Bahrain concerning barbers (4) |
| ABUDHABI | Bahrain, lacking precipitation, is confused with 22, another sheikhdom (3,5) |
