| NATURALISED | Adapted to habitat and temperature in Ireland and USA somehow |
| EURASIA | Having lost land, Ireland and USA sacked a massive continent |
| EXHAUST | Take energy from vote in the USA somehow (7) |
| CHEETAH | Fastest land animal, now endangered due to habitat loss and poaching |
| OPENFIRE | Nothing for writer and men in Ireland and Spain to shoot! (4,4) |
| METRE | Fundamental unit of length in the metric system and in SI units that is equal to approximately 39.37 inches in the British Imperial and United States Customary systems. (5) |
| KELP | Name for dozens of species of brown algae that grow as large coastal seaweeds in colder seas, providing critical habitat and food for many fish and invertebrates. (4) |
| MUSKRAT | North American rodent resembling a beaver in both habitat and appearance |
| LAUNDRIES | They're expected to iron things out in Ireland? Us - somehow! (9) |
| NONNATO | Nationalist in forbidden act, as in Ireland and Sweden? (3-4) |
| MORBID | It's big in Ireland and Britain for papers to be obsessed with death |
| REDCORAL | Branching marine coelenterate treasured by fish for its shelter and habitat and by humans for its crimson or pink beauty as an organic gem (3,5) |
| ECOSYSTEM | Habitat and its organisms, the rainforest ... |
| INCH | Measure island in Ireland and Scotland (4) |
| SLAINTE | Gaelic word used as a drinking toast in Ireland and Scotland (7) |
| CELTICCROSS | Religious symbol common in Ireland and Scotland |
| BANSHEE | She predicts death in Ireland - and Wales, we hear |
| ERSE | Any of several related languages of the Celts in Ireland and Scotland. |
| SKEAN | A kind of double-edged dagger formerly used in Ireland and Scotland (5) |
| ULSTER | Name an ancient province in Ireland - and a long, loose, heavy overcoat (6) |
