Crossword Puzzle Persisting

Clue: Persisting

Persian monarchs (SHAHS with 5 letters)
Cheese said to inspire Dali's "The Persistence of Memory" (CAMEMBERT with 9 letters)
Persistently annoying people (GADFLIES with 8 letters)
Red or Persian (CARPET with 6 letters)
Certain Persian's sound (MEOW with 4 letters)
Persian Gulf residents in Doha (QATARIS with 7 letters)
Persist with (e.g. KEEPAT with 6 letters)
Work hard and persistently (GRIND with 5 letters)
___ Dhabi, Persian Gulf emirate (ABU with 3 letters)
Ancient Persian (MEDE with 4 letters)