| VANDOORNE | Stoffel -, Belgian F1 driver; 2016 Bahrain Grand Prix debutant |
| 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) |
| ICKX | Jacky ___, Belgian F1 driver who won the 1972 German GP (4) |
| MARAUDER | Jacky ___, Belgian F1 & Le Mans racer |
| SPA | Belgian F1 circuit (3) |
| 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) |
| EMIR | Big man in Bahrain until 2002 |
| QATAR | Nation bordering the Gulf of Bahrain |
| ARAB | Resident of Qatar or Bahrain, typically |
| HAIR | No ban in Bahrain concerning barbers (4) |
| ABUDHABI | Bahrain, lacking precipitation, is confused with 22, another sheikhdom (3,5) |
| GULF | ___ Air is the national carrier of Bahrain. (4) |
| ARCHIPELAGO | Remarkably cheap rail travel in Bahrain, for one |
| ARABIAN | Heretic traps a bishop from Bahrain, perhaps |
| BINISA | Hamad ___, King of Bahrain (3,3) |
| BOLIVIAN | South American girl within borders of Bahrain |
| GRANCANARIA | Elderly relative may visit Bahrain regularly, a place for winter sun |
