| GENUS | An organism's binomial name consists of a ___ and a species. |
| SHIP | Ahoy!: The "poop deck" is a high perch on the stern of a ___ (and is unrelated to the bodily function) |
| SLEDGE | In 2020, Arts Minister Helen Whately stopped the export of a ____ and flag used by Shackleton in 1907 |
| NIOBE | Daughter of Tantalus turned into a stone for boasting, whose name was given to a superconductive element as well as an asteroid and a species of fritillary butterfly (5) |
| NATE | Silver who founded a political site whose name consists of three numbers ... which are also the lengths of the three words in each theme entry |
| BEARCAT | University of Cincinnati athlete whose name consists of two different animals |
| ELKHART | Indiana city whose name consists of two types of deer |
| ADMIRAL | Red -; vermilion, black and white migratory butterfly with the binomial name Vanessa atalanta (7) |
| BASIL | Herb of the mint family, binomial name Ocimum basilicum (5) |
| BARNACLE | Clinging marine crustacean, and a species of goose (8) |
| BUSHEL | "A ___ and a peck and a hug around the neck..." (6) |
| ORCA | Animal whose name consists of the postal codes of two states it passes in its migration |
| CYCLE | Series of songs, miracle plays, poems etc with a central theme; a bike ride; one hertz; or, an organism's sequence of ontogenetic changes (5) |
| DIDICONN | "Grease" actress whose first name consists of the same two letters twice |
| MALAWI | Country whose name consists of three consecutive state postal abbreviations |
| ISIS | Egyptian goddess whose name consists of the same verb twice |
| ARK | Actress Joan whose last name consists of two different conveyances |
| XTC | Onetime British band whose name consists of letters suggesting "bliss" |
| NOYES | Poet whose name consists of side-by-side opposites |
| MOLERAT | Rodent whose name consists of two animal names |
