| SKUNKS | American animals with black and white striped fur and a bushy tail that emit a smelly liquid when threatened (6) |
| ANIMAL | A squirrel is a brown ___ with a bushy tail that likes to scamper through a city park |
| ZEBRAS | Animals with black and white stripes (6) |
| RACCOON | Name a small nocturnal carnivore, arboreal in habit, and having a sharp snout and a bushy ringed tail (7) |
| DIGEST | Most dung beetles use the droppings of herbivores, which do not ___ their food very well so their dung contains half-digested grass and a smelly liquid which is full of nutrients |
| SQUIRRELS | Animals with bushy tails that eat nuts (9) |
| AVON | River of Stratford and a bushy, spreading rose cultivar (4) |
| TABBY | Cat with striped fur (5) |
| TIGER | The largest cat species, known for its striped fur. |
| SPARKLER | That which twinkles; a diamond or other scintillating gem; a glass of fizzy wine or champagne; a beer-tap nozzle; or, a hand-held firework that emits a shower of glittering particles (8) |
| PANDA | Large animal with black and white fur |
| SPITZ | Type of dog with very thick fur, pointed ears and muzzle and a tail that curls over its back (5) |
| ERMINE | Stoat with white fur and a black-tipped tail (6) |
| GORILLA | Large ape with long arms, black fur and a black face; it inhabits the forests of central West Africa (7) |
| COMET | Heavenly body in the solar system having a starlike nucleus with a luminous mass around it and a long luminous tail that points away from the sun |
| ZEBRA | Animal with black and white stripes (5) |
| GENTOO | A large penguin with a bright orange bill and prominent tail that is native to Antarctica (6) |
| COLOBUS | A slender, leaf-eating African monkey with silky fur and a long tail (7) |
| CHINCHILLAS | Small rodents with soft grey fur and a long bushy tail (11) |
| PINEMARTENS | Musteline mammals of northern European and Asian coniferous woods, with dark brown fur and a creamy-yellow patch on the throat (4,7) |
