| KAKAPO | A flightless ground-waddling "night parrot" with a whiskered face and a booming lek - endemic to New Zealand, thus a symbol of its unique biodiversity, sights and sounds (6) |
| BITTERN | Compact tawny-brown heron with nocturnal habits and a booming cry (7) |
| CATFISHHUNTER | Hall of Fame A's and Yankees pitcher who's nicknamed after a whiskered bottom-feeder: 2 wds. |
| BYEBYEBIRDIE | Musical with the song "Put On a Happy Face," and a hint to making four answers match their starred clues |
| DUCK | A paddling-, plump-, sord- or team-forming webfooted waddling waterfowl, such as a mallard or a teal, that displays a range of behaviours from dabbling to head dipping and can be prepared as a meal (4 |
| CHANTILLY | The Big Bopper sang about this kind of lace - and a pretty face, and a ponytail hanging down |
| LORY | Small brightly-coloured parrot with a brushtipped tongue for feeding on nectar and pollen, native to Australia and SE Asia (4) |
| LEMUR | Arboreal Madagascan primate with a foxy face and a long tail (5) |
| RINGTAILEDLEMUR | Madagascan prosimian primate with a foxy face and a long banded tail |
| RACCOON | American animal with a mask-like face and a ringed tail (7) |
| SATIN | Smooth fabric of silk or rayon; which has a glossy face and a dull back. (5) |
| KEA | Large New Zealand parrot with a hooked bill and mostly olive-green plumage; Nestor notabilis (3) |
| MACAW | A large tropical American parrot with a long tail and brilliant plumage (5) |
| NGAIO | Evergreen shrub endemic to New Zealand and the Chatham Islands, also known as the mousehole tree (5) |
| WETA | Group of about 70 insects endemic to New Zealand, some species are the world's largest and heaviest (4) |
| ROCKLILY | Another name for Arthropodium cirratum, a herbaceous perennial plant endemic to New Zealand |
| MOA | Extinct flightless bird endemic to New Zealand (3) |
| KIWI | Flightless birds endemic to New Zealand word craze |
| MATAI | The black pine, a tree endemic to New Zealand (5) |
| FOGHORN | Word for a booming noisemaker serving to warn sailors/ships in brume, fret, haar or mist; or, a loud bellowing voice, evocative of such a klaxon (7) |
