| PYGMY | - shrew; protected in the UK under the Wildlife and Countryside Act, one of Britain's smallest mamma |
| BLUEBELLS | Forming carpets in woodlands in spring and protected under the Wildlife and Countryside Act, one of the UK's best-loved wild flowers (9) |
| REDSQUIRREL | Sciurus vulgaris - attractive mammal, with isolated populations around the UK, protected under the Wildlife and Countryside Act, 1981 (3,8) |
| GIBRALTAR | Strategic rocky promontory, ceded to Britain under the 1713 Treaty of Utrecht, and still disputed today (9) |
| EGYPT | African country that obtained independence from Great Britain under King Fuad I in 1922 (5) |
| WREN | Formerly depicted on the reverse of a farthing, one of Britain's smallest birds (4) |
| STAGBEETLE | Insect partly protected by the Wildlife and Countryside Act (4,6) |
| SISKIN | With a distinctive forked tail, a garden bird resembling a cross between a greenfinch and a serin that is one of Britain's smallest finches (6) |
| CRESTEDNEWT | The great ____ is an amphibian, protected in the UK |
| BARBASTELLE | Old World bat with broad ears, protected in the UK (11) |
| CLACKMANNAN | Former county town of Britain's smallest historic county (11) |
| LAPWINGS | Known collectively as a deceit and protected under the 1981 Wildlife and Countryside Act, birds also called green plovers, identified by their "peewit" call (8) |
| PTARMIGAN | Snow-white in winter, grey in summer and breeding in the mountains of the Scottish Highlands, Britain's smallest grouse species (9) |
| BRINDISI | Italian port on the Adriatic; an operatic drinking song, such as the duet in act one of La Traviata (8) |
| VOLE | With a population of around 75 million, a field mouse-like animal which is one of Britain's most common mammals; or, in ecarte the winning of all the tricks in one deal (4) |
| CONSERVATIONIST | One engaged in protecting and saving the environment, including wildlife and old buildings (15) |
| DEER | Some of the wildlife in the 20,000-year-old paintings in Lascaux Cave |
| ANTHEM | Patriotic closing song of Act 1 of the 1986 musical Chess, sung by Anatoly Sergievsky (The Russian) (6) |
| YELLOWSTONE | First national park in the U.S., known for its wildlife and the Old Faithful geyser |
| NEWMONEY | Song performed in Act One of "The Great Gatsby" on Broadway |
