| KHAT | White-flowered shrub of Africa and Arabia whose leaves have narcotic properties (4) |
| AZALEA | Pink, red or white-flowered shrub of the rhododendron family (6) |
| MYRRH | Shrub of Africa and Asia that exudes a resin used in perfume (5) |
| ORYX | Genus of large horselike antelopes of Africa and Arabia (4) |
| ELMY | Full of trees whose leaves have serrated edges (4) |
| MINT | An aromatic herb whose leaves have a strong, fresh smell (4) |
| ELMS | Trees whose leaves have serrated edges |
| OMAN | Sultanate in SE Arabia whose capital is Muscat (4) |
| OVER | Stumble when the leaves have dropped from the trees! (4,4) |
| FALL | Stumble when the leaves have dropped from the trees! (4,4) |
| WOOD | Explorer who has written about his adventures in books including Walking the Nile, Walking the Himalayas, Eastern Horizons and Arabia (4) |
| BABOON | Any of the five species of ground-dwelling monkey comprising the genus Papio, found in dry regions of Africa and Arabia (6) |
| ODOR | Curry leaves have a distinct one |
| SENUSSI | Member of a Muslim sect of North Africa and Arabia, founded in 1837 (7) |
| GARDENIA | White-flowered shrub or tree of the genus of the same name (8) |
| FENNEC | A very small big-eared nocturnal fox inhabiting deserts of N Africa and Arabia |
| REDSEA | Body of water between Africa and Arabia (3,3) |
| SILVERFIR | Tree such as Abies alba, whose leaves have a silvery undersurface (6,3) |
| OCOTILLO | Spiny, scarlet-flowered shrub of the southwestern US and Mexico |
| BROOM | Yellow-flowered shrub of the genera Cytisus and Sarothamnus |
