| DESERTRATS | Nickname of military units that have served in North Africa and the Gulf |
| DESERTRAT | Soldier who served in North Africa (6,3) |
| YDS | Units that have 3 ft. |
| BATTERIES | Military units that can be sources of power (9) |
| HOUSEHOLDTROOPS | Military units that provide protective functions for a country's head of state (9,6) |
| WADI | Gully or streambed in North Africa and the Middle East that remains dry except during rainy season. |
| DJELLABA | Cloak with a hood and wide sleeves worn in North Africa and the Middle East (8) |
| 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) |
| ARABIC | Semitic language spoken in North Africa and the Middle East (6) |
| BARBARYCOAST | The Ottoman borderlands of North Africa and the Mediterranean Sea, historically (7,5) |
| LIONS | Known as the "kings of the jungle", animals living in prides in savannas, grasslands and forests of India and Africa, and the Longleat estate in Wilshire (5) |
| DATEPALM | Tree of North Africa and the Middle East cultivated for its sweet edible fruits (4,4) |
| ARABS | Inhabitants of North Africa and the Middle East (5) |
| ROSEOFJERICHO | Desert plant of North Africa and the Middle East |
| EIGHTHARMY | WWII military force that campaigned in North Africa and Italy (6,4) |
| GALLIPOLI | Peninsula in NW Turkey, between the Dardanelles and the Gulf of Saros, that was the scene of an unsuccessful Allied campaign in 1915 |
| DJIBOUTI | Country in the Horn of Africa, bordering on the Red Sea and the Gulf of Aden (8) |
| VETS | People who have served in the military, for short |
| HAROLDMACMILLAN | British prime minister who was the last to have served in the First World War (6,9) |
| SORRENTO | Port and resort of southern Italy occupying a peninsula between the Gulf of Naples and the Gulf of Salerno (8) |
