| RIBBLE | - Valley; district in Lancashire with parts situated in the Forest of Bowland (6) |
| PENDLE | Writer regularly delved in local government district in Lancashire (6) |
| CALDERVALE | Village in Lancashire on the edge of the Forest of Bowland (6,4) |
| LANCS | In brief, the county in which most of the Forest of Bowland is located (5) |
| RESEDA | San Fernando Valley district |
| ASHTEAD | Large village in the Mole Valley district of Surrey (7) |
| ABERDARE | Coal-mining town which was the administrative centre of Cynon Valley district (8) |
| DJEMBE | Situated in the Gulf of Gabes off the coast of Tunisia, the largest island of North Africa, where some of the Star Wars scenes were filmed in Ajim (6) |
| MOWGLI | Invented by Rudyard Kipling, which boy was raised by wolves in the forests of India? (6) |
| TARZAN | Feral child raised by great apes in the forests of Angola (6) |
| CHIRON | In Jason's youth, he was educated by a wise centaur in the forests of Mount Pelion. Who is this? |
| URALLA | Situated in the New England region of NSW, just south of what town is Thunderbolt's Rock, claimed to be a lookout and hiding place of the bushranger? (6) |
| RIYADH | Capital of Saudi Arabia, situated in the centre of the Arabian Peninsula (6) |
| ELBRUS | Situated in the Caucasus Mountains, the highest peak in Europe (6) |
| OCELOT | Feline mammal of the forests of Central and South America (6) |
| MAGATE | One of York's shortest streets, situated in the Shambles (4-2-4-2-4) |
| THYMUS | Lymphoid gland situated in the upper chest cavity (6) |
| TIGERS | Large felines native to the forests of Asia (6) |
| MEDIAN | Maiden cavorting situated in the middle (6) |
| ROUSSEAU | A leader of the Barbizon school noted for paintings depicting the changing light and shadow in the forest of Fontainebleau such as Under the Birches, Evening (8) |
