| Mideast's ___ Strip | 23 |
| Strip in the news | 17 |
| Palestinian city | 16 |
| Middle East hot spot | 20 |
| Disputed Mideast strip | 22 |
| __ Strip (Mideast region) | 25 |
| Strip near the Mediterranean | 28 |
| Strip along the Mediterranean | 29 |
| Palestine strip | 15 |
| Mideastern strip | 16 |
| Mideast metropolis | 18 |
| Hot strip? | 10 |
| Controversial Strip | 19 |
| City near the Sinai Peninsula | 29 |
| Where Samson ground meal | 24 |
| Where Samson brought down the temple | 36 |
| U.K. band Eyeless In ___ | 24 |
| Troubled Strip | 14 |
| Troubled Mideast region | 23 |
| The Mideast's ____ Strip | 28 |
| The Mideast's __ Strip | 26 |
| Strip under duress? | 19 |
| Strip that gained self-rule in 1994 | 35 |
| Strip on the Mediterranean shore | 32 |
| Strip of Mideast | 16 |
| Strip of fame | 13 |
| Strip next to the Mediterranean Sea | 35 |
| Strip name | 10 |
| Strip in the Six-Day War | 24 |
| Strip controlled by Hamas | 25 |
| Strip city? | 11 |
| Strip by the Mediterranean | 26 |
| Strip bordering Egypt | 21 |
| Six-Day War battle site | 23 |
| Palestinian port | 16 |
| Palestinian area | 16 |
| One of the five chief cities of the Philistines | 47 |
| Newsworthy strip of land | 24 |
| Mideast's __ Strip | 22 |
| Mideast zone | 12 |
| Mideast tinderbox | 17 |
| Mideast flash point | 19 |
| Mideast "strip" | 25 |
| Middle Eastern strip | 20 |
| Middle East's __ Strip | 26 |
| Middle East seaport | 19 |
| Mediterranean strip | 19 |
| Mediterranean area | 18 |
| Locale of 2012's Operation Pillar of Defense | 48 |
| Largest Palestinian city | 24 |
| Israeli strip | 13 |
| Huxley's "Eyeless in ___" | 39 |
| Hamas-controlled strip | 22 |
| Disrupted strip | 15 |
| Controversial Strip in the Middle East | 38 |
| City southwest of Jerusalem | 27 |
| City south of Tel Aviv | 22 |
| City occupied by Israel following the Six-Day War | 49 |
| City northwest of Beersheba | 27 |
| City captured in the Six-Day War | 32 |
| Biblical site of the temple of Dagon | 36 |
| Aldous Huxley's Eyeless in ____ | 38 |
| "Eyeless in ---" (Huxley) | 35 |
| "Eyeless in ___" | 26 |
| ___ Strippers (punk band) | 25 |
| ___ Strip (much-fought-over area) | 33 |
| ___ Strip (Mideast region) | 26 |
| Long look | 9 |
| Intent look | 11 |
| Steady look | 11 |
| Look intently | 13 |
| Take a long look | 16 |
| Steady stare | 12 |
| Stare at the stars | 18 |
| Look (at) | 9 |
| Use a crystal ball | 18 |
| Intense look | 12 |
| See stars? | 10 |
| Look (over) | 11 |
| Longing look | 12 |
| Long, hard look | 15 |
| Intent stare | 12 |
| Good, long look | 15 |
| Stare, as at a crystal ball | 27 |
| Stare intently | 14 |
| See stars, maybe | 16 |
| Look steadily | 13 |
| Long stare | 10 |
| Fixed expression | 16 |
| Curious look | 12 |
| Wondering look | 14 |
| The Sphinx's is "blank and pitiless as the sun," per Yeats | 72 |
| Surveyor's look | 19 |
| Surveying act | 13 |
| Stare, as at the sky | 20 |
| Stare, as at stars | 18 |
| Regard with interest | 20 |
| Regard the stars, perhaps | 25 |
| Peer (at) | 9 |
| No mere glance | 14 |