| FENNEC | Very small nocturnal fox inhabiting deserts of Arabia and N Africa |
| SIMOOM | Strong suffocating sand-laden wind of the deserts of Arabia and North Africa (6) |
| BEDOUIN | A member of any of the nomadic Arab tribes inhabiting the deserts of Arabia, Jordan and Syria, as well as parts of the Sahara (7) |
| GILAMONSTER | Large, venomous, brightly coloured lizard inhabiting deserts of the southwestern US and Mexico (4,7) |
| JERBOA | Small nocturnal burrowing rodent of Asia and N. Africa (6) |
| THESIGER | Wilfred -; author who spent five years exploring the deserts of Arabia on foot and by camel before writing Arabian Sands (8) |
| REDSEA | Long narrow body of water between Arabia and N.E. Africa (3,3) |
| SEA | Long narrow body of water between Arabia and N.E. Africa (3,3) |
| RED | Long narrow body of water between Arabia and N.E. Africa (3,3) |
| ESPARTO | Grass of S. Europe and N. Africa that yields a fibre used to make rope and mats (7) |
| GERBIL | Burrowing mouse-like rodent inhabiting desert regions of Asia and Africa; family Muridae, numerous species (6) |
| KANGAROORAT | Small, leaping rodent inhabiting desert regions of North America (8,3) |
| KANGAROORATS | Small leaping rodents inhabiting desert regions of North America (8,4) |
| EMIR | Out of the mire is the title given in East and N. Africa to independent chieftains! (4) |
| MOORISH | Architectural style found in Spain and N. Africa (7) |
| JOSHUATREE | A small yucca native to the deserts of south-west US (6,4) |
| BACTRIAN | Two-humped camel of the deserts of central Asia (8) |
| ADDAX | Large antelope inhabiting desert region in North Africa (5) |
| CAMEL | Animal used as a beast of burden in the cold deserts of central Asia (8.5) |
| GARDENS | "In the deserts of Sudan and the ___ofjapan" , from Ian Dury's "Hit Me With Your Rhythm Stick" (7) |
