| PUFFIN | ___ harrier, bird of prey with pale plumage, found in Africa, south-east Europe and south-west Asia (6) |
| PALLID | ___ harrier, bird of prey with pale plumage, found in Africa, south-east Europe and south-west Asia (6) |
| CHAMOIS | Sure-footed goat antelope with vertical horns inhabiting mountains of Europe and south-west Asia (7) |
| MARSH | ___ harrier, wetland raptor (5) |
| GREECE | A republic in South East Europe and a founding member of the United Nations (6) |
| CASPIAN | - Sea, salt lake between south-east Europe and Asia (7) |
| GODIVA | Members of Coventry ____ Harriers finished second and fourth in the 1964 Olympic marathon |
| CHEETAH | Large cat of Africa and South West Asia, with a black-spotted light brown coat (7) |
| HYRAXES | Rotund herbivorous mammals of Africa and South West Asia, resembling rodents (7) |
| TIGRIS | River in South West Asia, rising in East Turkey and flowing south-east through Iraq (6) |
| TONGA | Island country in the southern Pacific south east of Fiji and south- west of Samoa (5) |
| ARABIA | I am meeting up with two of my mates in a bar in West Ashton to arrange our trip to a place in south-west Asia (6) |
| MESOPOTAMIA | A region of south-west Asia between the lower and middle reaches of the Tigris and Euphrates rivers (11) |
| SAGUARO | Tree-sized cactus, Carnegiea gigantea, found in desert regions of Mexico and south-west US (7) |
| SAUDIARABIA | Kingdom in south-west Asia, the capital and largest city of which is Riyadh (5,6) |
| SOMBRERO | A felt or straw hat with a wide brim, traditionally worn in Mexico and South West USA (8) |
| SAHEL | Region of Africa, South Africa, with initially higher elevation (5) |
| GAZELLES | Small antelopes usually with curved horns and a fawn-coloured coat found in Africa and Asia (8) |
| DORDOGNE | River in south-central and south-west France (8) |
| ROMANIAN | Of a country in south-east Europe (92,046 sq miles; pop 19 million). It joined the EU in 2007 (8) |
