| DIANFOSSEY | American primatologist and conservationist who wrote the book Gorillas in the Mist |
| DIAN | Primatologist and conservationist Fossey |
| FOSSEY | American primatologist who wrote the 1983 book Gorillas In The Mist (4,6) |
| BEATRIXPOTTER | English author and conservationist who died at her home in the Lake District in 1943 (7,6) |
| LEAKEY | Richard, Kenyan palaeontologist and conservationist who died in 2022 (6) |
| GOODALL | *Primatologist and world's foremost expert on chimpanzees |
| SIGOURNEY | "Alien" and "Gorillas in the Mist" actress Weaver who was the other of two artists honored with the Golden Lion for Lifetime Achievement at the 81st Annual Venice Film Festival last week |
| SCOTT | Peter, conservationist who set up the Wildfowl & Wetlands Trust in Slimbridge in 1946 (5) |
| CUTHBERTSON | Iain - , who played Louis Leakey in the film 'Gorillas in the Mist' (11) |
| TARLTON | NZ diver, undersea explorer and marine conservationist who opened his Underwater World in 1985 (7) |
| APTED | Director whose productions include Gorillas in the Mist with Sigourney Weaver and the series Rome (5) |
| IRWIN | Steve _, Australian conservationist who was killed by a stingray barb in 2006 (5) |
| ODDIE | Conservationist who was one of The Goodies, Bill _ (5) |
| BILLODDIE | English comedian born in 1941 also noted as a birdwatcher and conservationist (4,5) |
| WEAVER | Sigourney ?, Best Actress in a Leading Role Oscar nominee for Gorillas in the Mist (6) |
| NOAH | Biblical animal conservationist who lived till he was 950 |
| JANEGOODALL | Primatologist who wrote "The Chimpanzees of Gombe" |
| SIGOURNEYWEAVER | Star of Gorillas in the Mist (9,6) |
| TERRI | --- Irwin, zoo owner and conservationist (5) |
| JANE | British primatologist known for her studies of wild chimpanzees in Tanzania (4,7) |
