- Astringent condiment - Camus brought back spice from the Middle East - Middle east condiment - Middle Eastern condiment - Middle eastern dried spice - Middle Eastern spice - Shrub or small tree
- Condiment used in cuisines of the Middle East - Crushed seed paste - Middle Eastern paste - One, beyond thin, gobbling up a bit of hummus? - Sauce served with falafel - Sesame paste - Sesame seed paste
- Baghdad citizen - Baghdad native - Basra citizen Gershwin found quite intriguing initially - From Baghdad - From Basra or Kirkuk - IQ Ari uses to show backward Saddam compatriot - IRA queue? Aye, heard one from Baghdad
- Aleppo is there - Aleppo's country - Aleppo’s country - Arab land - Arab republic - Bring back airs around start of year in Middle East country - Damascus is there
- Baghdad is there - Baghdad’s country - Basra is there - Country in Western Asia - Country whose capital is Baghdad - Egyptian sun god involved in intelligence in present-day Mesopotamia - Gershwin gets first Quran from Gulf nation