| PERSIANGULF | Qatar and Bahrain sit within the leafing spur! (7,4) |
| NIQAB | Veil primarily needed in Qatar and Bahrain (5) |
| SOFA | Somewhere to sit within the walls of Arundel (4) |
| PROPOSED | Sit within dig, as suggested (8) |
| GETATABLE | Find somewhere to sit within reach (3-2-4) |
| ARABLEAGUE | Body whose members include Sudan and Bahrain (4,6) |
| DINAR | Unit of currency used in countries such as Algeria and Bahrain (5) |
| ARABIA | Peninsula containing Oman, Kuwait and Bahrain (6) |
| RIYAL | The standard monetary unit of Qatar and Saudi Arabia (5) |
| EMIRS | Rulers of Qatar and the UAE (5) |
| QUININE | Malaria treatment doubly popular within Qatar and outskirts of UAE (7) |
| BOOK | A person who you see leafing through the pages of a ___ isn't really reading it (She might be just looking at the pictures) |
| ARCHIPELAGO | Remarkably cheap rail travel in Bahrain, for one |
| GRANCANARIA | Elderly relative may visit Bahrain regularly, a place for winter sun |
| OPEC | Gp. that includes Venezuela, Qatar and Libya |
| ARABS | Many residents of Qatar and Oman |
| LONDONOLYMPICS | *2012 event that featured female athletes from Saudi Arabia, Qatar and Brunei |
| STOP | How to go from capitals of Spain, Russia, Qatar and Peru. (4) |
| REREADING | Once more, leafing through 'Drunken Grenadier' (9) |
| RUSTLER | Thief, one making a noise leafing through papers? (7) |