| DESERTRATS | Nickname given to Britain's 7th Armoured Division during the North African campaign in World War II (6,4) |
| DESERTRAT | Soldier in the North African campaign (nineteen forty one to nineteen forty two) |
| SON | Nickname given to Britain's one-time favourite carp? (6) |
| BEN | Nickname given to Britain's one-time favourite carp? (6) |
| EIGHTH | ___ Army, British-led unit in the WWII North African campaign (6) |
| ANZIO | Battle of the Italian campaign in World War II, January-June 1944 (5) |
| ALLENBY | British Field Marshal who directed the Palestine campaign in World War I (7) |
| MEND | Make Do And _, UK government campaign in World War II (4) |
| GALLIPOLI | Scene of a disastrous Allied campaign in World War I (9) |
| FREYBERG | General who led the 2nd New Zealand Division during World War II and later became Governor-General (8) |
| DESERT | ____ Rat, nickname of a British 7th Armoured Division WWII soldier (6) |
| RATPATROL | With "The," 1960s series set in the North African desert during WWII |
| AFRICA | Old World porcupines live in Europe, ___, and Asia; some examples are the North African crested porcupine, African brush-tailed porcupine, and Indian crested porcupine |
| FEATHERWEIGHT | World Champion Johnny Famechon fought in this boxing weight division during his career |
| SEVILLE | Autonomous Spanish city on the north African coast bordering Morocco and facing the Mediterranean Sea (7) |
| ARABIA | T.E. Lawrence became known as Lawrence of ... due to his role in the Arab Revolt and the Sinai and Palestine Campaign in WW1 (6) |
| SAHARAN | Relating to the North African desert |
| TRIPOLI | Oil change required after journey to the North African port (7) |
| CARROTS | Root vegetables synonymous with enticement and once thought to improve night vision, due to Britain's war-era propaganda, encouraging blackouts and covering up the RAF's use of newly invented radar sy |
| CARTHAGE | An ancient city state, on the North African coast near present-day Tunis (8) |
