| TAVI | "Rikki-Tikki-___" (Rudyard Kipling short story) |
| OMINE | Mother _' ___ (Rudyard Kipling poem) |
| DIN | Gunga ___ (Rudyard Kipling poem) |
| KAA | Python in 1894 Rudyard Kipling short story collection The Jungle Book |
| BALOO | Brown bear in 1894 Rudyard Kipling short story collection The Jungle Book (5) |
| BAGHEERA | Black panther in 1894 Rudyard Kipling short story collection The Jungle Book |
| TIKKI | Rikki-___-Tavi short story by Rudyard Kipling from 8a which is about the adventures of an Indian mongoose |
| MALTESECAT | Kipling short story, with "The" |
| MONGOOSE | Animal species of Rikki-Tikki-Tavi in Rudyard Kipling's Jungle Book stories (1894-5) (8) |
| MONGOOSES | Animals such as Kipling's Rikki Tikki Tavi (9) |
| RUDYARD | He gave us the characters Mowgli, Rikki-Tikki-Tavi and Shere Khan, ... Kipling |
| KIPLING | Rudyard -; author who wrote The Jungle Book collection including Kaa's Hunting, Tiger! Tiger! and Rikki-Tikki-Tavi (7) |
| MONGOOSENECK | Where the hair raises on Rikki-Tikki-Tavi? |
| COBRA | "Rikki-Tikki-Tavi" villain |
| AKELA | Name of a wolf immortalised in stories with characters including Baloo, Hathi, Kaa, Rikki-Tikki-Tavi and Shere Khan (5) |
| PLAINTALES | 1888 short story collection by Rudyard Kipling (5,5,4,3,5) |
| MALTESE | The - Cat; short story by Rudyard Kipling about a polo match (7) |
| WHITE | The ___ Seal 1893 short story by Rudyard Kipling which is about a rare seal's journey |
| SOLDIERSTHREE | 1888 story collection by Rudyard Kipling (8,5) |
| SHEREKHAN | Tiger in 1894 Rudyard Kipling story collection The Jungle Book |