| PREGNANCY | A camels pregnancy can last up to 14 months depending on the season and availability of food. |
| BURNS | Many millipedes secrete a poisonous liquid from glands called "repugnatorial glands" through pores on their bodies which causes severe ___ that can last for up to 14 months |
| CHEMICAL | Their populations depend on physical, biological and ___ properties of the soil as well as the availability of food and their ability to reproduce and distribute. |
| ATTEST | Appear in court, perhaps, where proceedings can last up to five days |
| TIS | "___ the season ..." |
| AIRLIFT | The Berlin ___ involved over a quarter of a million flights in 14 months. (7) |
| MAMMOTHS | Woolly -; extinct elephantlike mammals with tusks growing up to 14-15 ft (8) |
| TRIAD | The CIA ___ (confidentiality, integrity and availability) |
| ADAMS | Author of books including Watership Down, Nature Through the Seasons and The Ship's Cat (5) |
| OBERON | Shakespearean king of fairy land whose fights with his queen, Titania, disrupt the seasons and weather (6) |
| GLAZUNOV | Alexander ___, Russian composer whose works include the ballets The Seasons and Raymonda |
| MOMENT | Over fourteen months working with them to seize power, acting impulsively (2,3,4,2,3,6) |
| ONTHESPUR | Over fourteen months working with them to seize power, acting impulsively (2,3,4,2,3,6) |
| STLEGER | One of the five classics of the flat-racing season and the final leg of the English Triple Crown (2,5) |
| NICO | Who is the only Formula 1 driver of Haas-ferrari team to have driven all 24 races of the 2024 season and finished 11th in the overall Drivers Championship? (4) |
| PLAYER | One in a team last up to get the strip (6) |
| STRAW | A peduncle of corn said to break a camel's back, be drawn in sortition or be clutched at by a drowning man; or, the golden-honey hue of said petiole (5) |
| MAURICERICHARD | Canadian ice hockey player who was the first to score 50 goals in one season and the first to score 500 goals in a career |
| WATTLING | This type of starling loses its head feathers in the breeding season and then regrows them, a trait that has drawn the interest of scientists researching baldness. |
| SAMHAIN | Gaelic festival marking the end of the harvest season and beginning of winter |
