Answer:

mongo

Answer	Crossword Clue
MONGO	Alex Karras's "Blazing Saddles" role
MONGO	"Flash Gordon" planet of doom
MONGO	Fictional "Flash Gordon" planet

MONGO	"Flash Gordon" setting
MONGO	Bantu linguistic division
MONGO	Cuban jazz artist Santamaria
MONGO	Planet ruled by Ming the Merciless in "Flash Gordon"
MONGO	Fictional planet in "Flash Gordon"
MONGO	Musician Santamaria
MONGO	Planet of Ming the Merciless
MONGO	Planet rescued by Flash Gordon

MONGO	Home planet of Ming the Merciless