| RUG | Word that can follow Persian or throw |
| PUTT | Old word for a bumpkin or a greenhorn; a nap-like card game; a hurl or throw of a stone or a weight; or, a gentle stroke to roll a golf ball across the green, ideally into the hole (4) |
| CAT | Animal that might be Persian or Abyssinian |
| SLING | Word for a cast, lob or throw; a dalliance; a gibe; a lively solo Highland dance; a passing attack; a spree of freedom or wild abandon; or, a try (5) |
| ASIAN | Persian or Burmese |
| SALUKI | Persian or Arabian greyhound (6) |
| CARPET | Persian or shag |
| ESS | Persian or Manx |
| MEOWED | Made Persian or Siamese sounds |
| FELINE | Persian or Siamese |
| GULF | Persian or Leyte, e.g. |
| MUSK | Salix aegyptiaca - Persian or - - - willow with purplish-red shoots (4) |
| KAFTAN | Long-sleeved Persian or Turkish garment reaching to the ankles (6) |
| ARABIAN | The world's largest peninsula. Located in the extreme southwestern corner of Asia, it is bounded by the Red Sea, the Persian (or Arabian) Gulf, the Gulf of Oman and the Gulf of Aden. (7) |
| ORANGE | Possible origins for this fruit's name are naranj (Arabic), narang (Persian) or naranga (Sanskrit) |
| SCAT | Word meaning "scoot, scram"; a jazz singer's interpolation of nonsense syllables; or, dialect for a blow, break, spell, sudden rain shower or throw (4) |
| BOUNCER | From "beat, thump", word for a bully, bowled bumper, chucker-out, rubber cheque, space hopper or other person or thing which daps, hits, rebounds, recoils, stots or throws (7) |
| FREE | Word before "pass" or "throw" |
| TOSS | Throw, or throw out |
| JETTISON | To drop or throw something from an aircraft or a ship (8) |
