| Mesopotamia now | 16 |
| Major oil exporter | 18 |
| Land of the Tigris and Euphrates | 32 |
| Land of caliphs | 15 |
| Kirkuk's place | 18 |
| Kirkuk's locale | 19 |
| Its motto is "Allahu Akbar" | 37 |
| Its flag has Arabic script on it | 32 |
| It includes Mesopotamia | 23 |
| It doesn't bare its arms | 28 |
| Independent country as of 1932 | 30 |
| Homeland of the thief of Baghdad | 32 |
| Home of the metal band Acrassicauda | 35 |
| Green Zone site | 15 |
| Former site of no-fly zones | 27 |
| Former no-fly zone | 18 |
| Former Baathist state | 21 |
| Former Baath house? | 19 |
| Foe of Iran | 11 |
| Fallujah's land | 19 |
| Emancipated Middle Eastern country with no more problems | 56 |
| Early 2000s war zone | 20 |
| Desert Storm country | 20 |
| Country with the ruins of ancient Nineveh | 41 |
| Country whose flag says "God is great" | 48 |
| Country under longtime U.N. sanctions | 37 |
| Country in the news | 19 |
| Country in the Fertile Crescent | 31 |
| Country in March 2003 headlines | 31 |
| Country carved up in 1920 | 25 |
| Birthplace of oud virtuoso Munir Bashir | 39 |
| Basra's locale | 18 |
| Basra's country | 19 |
| Babylon's site today | 24 |
| Babylon's land | 18 |
| Baath party place | 17 |
| Asian country slightly larger than California | 45 |
| American theater for six years as of March 20, 2009 | 51 |
| AmaraÂ’s nation | 18 |
| A land of the Tigris and Euphrates | 34 |
| A 1991 war zone | 15 |
| 2004 presidential debate topic | 30 |
| 2003 war zone | 13 |
| 1991 war zone | 13 |
| "Three Kings" setting | 31 |
| "The New Way Forward" country | 39 |
| "The Hurt Locker" locale | 34 |
| "Kismet" country | 26 |
| Kirkuk native | 13 |
| Baghdad resident | 16 |
| Dinar earner | 12 |
| Syrian's neighbor | 21 |
| Native of Mosul | 15 |
| Mosul resident | 14 |
| Like some Bedouins | 18 |
| Gulf War soldier | 16 |
| Fertile Crescent dweller | 24 |
| Tikrit native | 13 |
| Sayid of "Lost," e.g. | 31 |
| Saddam Hussein, notably | 23 |
| Saddam Hussein, for one | 23 |
| Ramadi resident | 15 |
| Persian Gulf citizen | 20 |
| One who spends dinars | 21 |
| Nouri al-Maliki, for one | 24 |
| Modern-day Mesopotamian | 23 |
| Many a Kurd | 11 |
| Man from Baghdad | 16 |
| Kuwaiti neighbor | 16 |
| Kirkuk denizen | 14 |
| From Baghdad, say | 17 |
| Citizen of Basra | 16 |
| Baghdad local | 13 |
| Baghdad citizen | 15 |
| Arabic dialect | 14 |
| Al Hillah resident | 18 |
| Unoccupied Middle Easterner, as of last month | 45 |
| Tikrit resident | 15 |
| Thief of Baghdad, e.g. | 22 |
| Samarra native | 14 |
| Salah ad Din denizen | 20 |
| Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki, e.g. | 36 |
| President Jalal Talabani, for one | 33 |
| Person from Basra | 17 |
| Persian Gulf figure | 19 |
| Operation ___ Freedom (2003) | 28 |
| Operation ___ Freedom | 21 |
| Operation __ Freedom (2003-2011 conflict) | 41 |
| One from Kirkuk | 15 |
| One barred from a U.N. no-fly zone | 34 |
| Najaf native | 12 |
| Mosul native | 12 |
| Modern dweller in ancient Ur | 28 |
| Mesopotamian, today | 19 |
| Mesopotamian, now | 17 |
| Man from Mosul | 14 |
| Like some dinars | 16 |
| Kurd, maybe | 11 |
| Hilla native | 12 |
| Gulf war loser | 14 |