| DINOSAUR | Any extinct terrestrial reptile of the orders Saurischia and Ornithischia, dating from the Mesozoic era (8) |
| TORTOISE | Terrestrial reptile of the family Testudinidae (8) |
| HOMINID | Any extinct ancestor of man |
| DINOSAURS | Extinct terrestrial reptiles (9) |
| CHELONIAN | Any reptile of the order Testudines, comprising the tortoises, turtles and terrapins (9) |
| TURTLE | Aquatic and land reptile of the order Chelonii or Testudines, with bony shell and flippers (6) |
| CHANGE | A fresh set of clothes; the moon's arrival at a new phase; any one of the orders in which a peal of bells can be rung; or, coins collectively (6) |
| SQUID | Large-headed marine mollusc with eight arms and two long tentacles of the orders Myopsida and Oegopsida (5) |
| IONIC | One of the orders of classical architecture, characterized by fluted columns and capitals with scroll-like ornaments (5) |
| PLESIOSAUR | What large reptile of the Mesozoic era with a broad flat body and large paddle-like limbs lived in the sea? (10) |
| PTERODACTYL | Extinct flying reptile of the Mesozoic era whose name is Greek for ' wing finger' (11) |
| CRETACEOUS | The ___ period was the last period of the Mesozoic era, between the Jurassic and Tertiary periods |
| PTEROSAUR | Reptile of the Jurassic and Cretaceous periods such as the quetzalcoatlus, the largest flying animal |
| PTERO | Word prefixed to "saur" to form the name of a flying reptile of the Triassic and Cretaceous periods |
| ICHTHYOSAURIA | Order of extinct reptiles of the Mesozoic era (13) |
| TRIASSIC | The first period of the Mesozoic Era. It began 252 million years ago, at the close of the Permian Period. |
| JURASSIC | Period of the Mesozoic Era between the Triassic and the Cretaceous (8) |
| OMAN | Oldest independent state in the Arab world, dating from the expulsion of the Persians in 1749 (4) |
| SHINTO | Indigenous religion of Japan dating from the early 8th century; 'way of the gods' (6) |
| TETHYS | Ocean that existed between the continents of Gondwana and Laurasia during much of the Mesozoic era |
