| SUDAN | Directly south of Egypt, this country received its name from an Arabic expression that means "Land of the Blacks." |
| SOFA | A settee, its name from an Arabic word for a raised platform |
| PAKISTAN | Country name that means 'land of the pure' |
| STAN | Country name suffix that means "land of" |
| QATTARA | Name for the depression in 16 Across in northwestern Egypt. This basin anchored the southern end of the British defense lines at El-Alamein during World War II. (7) |
| SWAHILI | Bantu language of East Africa whose name comes from an Arabic word meaning 'of the coast' (7) |
| OZOMATLI | Latin rock band that took its name from an astrological symbol from the Aztec calendar |
| SCOT | Word for an old tax that is used in an expression that means "free from injury, penalty or punishment" (4) |
| KYRGYZSTAN | This Asian country's name means "Land of 40 tribes"; its flag therefore features a sun with 40 rays |
| EBONY | A type of beautiful black wood that is used to make piano keys which gets its name from an ancient Egyptian word |
| ARTDECO | Style that takes its name from an Exposition held in Paris in 1925 (3,4) |
| LIME | From an Arabic word for citruses collectively, a lemon-like fruit with a zingy aroma; the chartreuse-green hue of its zest; a spotlight; a West Indian get-together; or, a tree with heart-shaped leaves |
| THEDOORS | 1960s-'70s band that took its name from an Aldous Huxley title |
| AIREDALE | Large terrier which takes its name from an area of Yorkshire (8) |
| BALLOON | Toy that derives its name from an originally linen-and-paper structure built by the Montgolfier brothers for carrying passengers in a basket (7) |
| ESTONIA | Baltic country directly south of Finland (7) |
| SARDINIA | With the capital Cagliari and situated directly south of Corsica, the secondlargest island in the Mediterranean Sea, site of Costa Smeralda (8) |
| BHUTAN | Nation whose name means "Land of the Thunder Dragon" in its native language |
| TIERRA | ___ del Fuego (South American archipelago whose name means "Land of Fire" in Spanish) |
| CAIRO | Capital name derived from an Arabic term for "the conqueror" |
