Across
- 1. Home to Ismoil Somoni Peak
- 3. Third highest peak in world
- 6. Old capital of Kazakhstan
- 7. Large lake in Eastern Turkey
- 10. Second largest city in Afghanistan
- 12. language of large Middle East peninsula
- 13. South Siberian mountains, people, and language
- 16. largest governorate of Oman
- 18. Region that is home to large stateless people
- 20. Location of Dunhuang
- 21. Location of Euphrates delta
- 23. Capital of Kyrgyzstan
- 25. Island home of the Ainu
- 29. Their language is in this country's name
- 31. Capital of Tajikistan
- 33. Asian city state
- 35. South of Sichuan, east of Myanmar
- 36. Salt Lake in Western Iran
- 38. Capital of Oman
- 40. Capital of Maldives
Down
- 2. Prominent Karnataka language
- 4. Ethnic group on Sakhalin Island
- 5. Far northern Pakistan city on Hunza River
- 8. Capital of Hainan Island
- 9. Capital of Xinjiang
- 11. Pakistan's fourth largest city
- 14. Country south of the Caspian Sea
- 15. People of Makran
- 17. Prominent language of Northwestern Iran
- 19. It's capital is Dhaka
- 22. City near the center of Iran
- 23. Bay west of Myanmar
- 24. Desert of Turkmenistan
- 25. Largest city in Heilongjiang Province
- 26. One descendant of Sanskrit
- 27. Capital of Indonesia
- 28. Capital of Uzbekistan
- 30. Ha Long Bay is here
- 32. Capital of Azerbaijan
- 34. Asia's furthest west nation
- 37. Lifeline of Mohenjo Daro
- 39. Desert basin in Xinjiang