| Land in the Middle East | 23 |
| Its flag has a khanjar dagger | 29 |
| It's ruled by a sultan | 26 |
| It's due south of Iran | 26 |
| Gulf of __ (Mideast strait) | 27 |
| Dhofar Rebellion country | 24 |
| Country on a peninsula | 22 |
| Arabian Peninsula occupant | 26 |
| Arabian gulf or sultanate | 25 |
| A neighbor of Saudi Arabia | 26 |
| A Desert Shield supporter | 25 |
| ___ Air (Mideast carrier) | 25 |
| Certain Arab League member | 26 |
| Arabian peninsula resident | 26 |
| Sultan Qabus bin Said, e.g. | 27 |
| Saudi Arabian's neighbor | 28 |
| Qabus bin Said, for one | 23 |
| Neighbor of a Yemenite | 22 |
| Certain sultanate resident | 26 |
| Certain sultan's subject | 28 |
| Yemenite's neighbor | 23 |
| Sultan's subject, maybe | 27 |
| Subject of a Mideast sultan | 27 |
| One from the Gulf of Masirah | 28 |
| Muscat resident, for one | 24 |
| Like the newspaper Al Shabiba | 29 |
| Like some rial spenders | 23 |
| Like 100-baiza bank notes | 25 |
| Dweller on the Arabian Sea | 26 |
| Dweller in Salalah, e.g. | 24 |
| Dweller along the Arabian Sea | 29 |
| Dishdasha-wearing Arabs | 23 |
| Citizen of a gulf state | 23 |
| Certain sultanate citizen | 25 |
| Certain Mideast native | 22 |
| Arabian sultanate native | 24 |
| Arabian sultanate dweller | 25 |
| Certain sultan's subjects | 29 |
| Zanzibar colonists, once | 24 |
| Arabian Peninsula complaint? | 28 |
| Epps of "House" | 25 |
| Poet translated by FitzGerald | 29 |
| Jerusalem's Mosque of ___ | 29 |
| Baseball's Vizquel | 22 |
| "The Tentmaker" | 25 |
| Persian poet Khayyám | 23 |
| Epps of 'House' | 23 |
| W.W. II general Bradley | 23 |
| Sharif who played Zhivago | 25 |
| Sharif of the silver screen | 27 |
| Mosque of ___, in Jerusalem | 27 |
| Giants shortstop Vizquel | 24 |
| Baseball executive Minaya | 25 |
| "The Wire" antihero | 29 |
| Sharif of "Che!" | 26 |
| President Bongo of Gabon | 24 |
| Persian mathematician Khayyam | 29 |
| Panamanian leader Torrijos | 26 |
| Karl in "Patton" | 26 |
| Five-star general Bradley | 25 |
| First name in Persian poetry | 28 |
| Early writer on algebra | 23 |
| "ER" actor Epps | 25 |
| World War II General Bradley | 28 |
| Whom FitzGerald translated | 26 |
| Title poet in a 1957 biopic | 27 |
| Tentmaker's first name | 26 |
| Taliban leader Mullah ___ | 25 |
| Syrian singer Souleyman | 23 |
| Sudan president al-Bashir | 25 |
| Son of Ibrahim the Tentmaker | 28 |
| Sheik ___ Abdel Rahman | 22 |
| Shea Stadium bigwig Minaya | 26 |
| “Rubáiyát” poet | 29 |
| ROAMing shortstop Vizquel? | 26 |
| Reggaeton star Don ___ | 22 |
| Pro baseball's Vizquel | 26 |
| Poet who wrote a-a-b-a verses | 29 |
| Poet from Naishápúr | 25 |
| Poet famed for quatrains | 24 |
| Poet and tentmaker's son | 28 |
| New York Mets G.M. Minaya | 25 |
| Mosque of ___, Jerusalem | 24 |
| Mets general manager Minaya | 27 |
| Mathematician Khayyám | 24 |
| Khayyám or Bradley | 25 |
| Jazz drummer ___ Hakim | 22 |
| Important convert of Mohammed | 29 |
| Highly decorated Bradley | 24 |
| He made quatrains and tents | 27 |
| Galaxy defender Gonzalez | 24 |
| Gabonese president Bongo | 24 |
| Gabon's president Bongo | 27 |
| Gabon's El Hadj ___ Bongo | 29 |
| Gabon president ___ Bongo | 25 |
| Former Chief-of-Staff Bradley | 29 |
| Foe converted by Mohammed | 25 |
| FitzGerald translated him | 25 |
| Famed poet-mathematician | 24 |
| Epps of "Scream 2" | 28 |