| DROPGOAL | 22 down 26's trademark wild dog and polar bears (4,4) |
| JEKYLLANDHYDE | Hear wild dog and take cover - they're volatile and could turn on one |
| ARCTIC | Polar region, home to Inuit people and polar bears (6) |
| KILLER | Typical predators are sharks, ___ whales and polar bears |
| SCRUMP | Get the fruit of another's labour? That's a feature of 22 down 26's game plan, initially (6) |
| EMU | Prey of wild dogs and crocodiles |
| TOONIE | Coin with a queen and polar bear |
| OLIVEOIL | 26s hosts as it happens ideal, though superficial and emollient (5,3) |
| STRESSED | Under pressure to serve up 26s (8) |
| ULTRAVOX | 26's band: very, very old and cross (8) |
| PRODIGAL | Lavish spread polar bears love (8) |
| MANITOBA | Province with lots of polar bears |
| ICEHOLES | Places where polar bears fish |
| ICEBERGS | Floating perches for polar bears |
| BYRD | Richard E. ---, US naval officer, aviator and polar explorer; a recipient of the Medal of Honor and the Navy Cross (4) |
| WRIGHTBAY | Antarctica body of water named after a Canadian physicist and polar explorer (b.1887 - d.1975) whose last name is part of the answer (Hint! His first and middle names are Charles Seymour): 2 wds. |
| TEMPERATE | Having an intermediate climate, between tropical and polar (9) |
| BEARWHITENESS | Measure by which panda falls between grizzly and polar? |
| ROSSINI | Italian composer and polar explorer in one (7) |
| BEARS | Brown, grizzly and polar, e.g. |
