| BLACKSWAN | Australian water bird with dark-coloured plumage (5,4) |
| COPPERBEECH | Tree with dark-coloured leaves (6,5) |
| LAKEEYRE | Australian water mass (4,4) |
| PLATYPUS | Australian water creature jumps at sly pup (8) |
| CORMORANT | Large diving bird with dark plumage (9) |
| SHELDUCKS | Large protected quacking birds with dark head and neck (9) |
| ESTUARINE | Predator of northern Australian waters, the saltwater or ... crocodile |
| TASMANSEA | A small island's in these empty Australian waters! (6,3) |
| SNOWGOOSE | This North American water bird with white plumage is also a variety of oriental poppy and rose! (4,5 or 9) |
| TRUMPETER | - swan; North American species of the water bird with young known as cygnets, so-named because of its sonorous, bugle-like call (9) |
| SCREAMERS | Species of large South American water birds with harsh calls (6) |
| BLACKLORY | Dark-coloured parrot of South-East Asia with a red and yellow undertail (5,4) |
| BROWNRICE | Dark-coloured rook that is swallowing cold grains (5,4) |
| BLACKHOLE | Dark coloured pit made by collapsed star (5,4) |
| DORBEETLE | Dark-coloured insect that drones in flight |
| TWINBERRY | North American shrub, also known as bearberry honeysuckle, that produces pairs of dark-coloured fruits (9) |
| EMU | Australian bird with dark green eggs |
| STARLING | Bird with dark iridescent plumage |
| DRONGO | Tropical bird with dark plumage and a forked tail (6) |
| HOOPOE | A crested bird with salmon-coloured plumage and black-and-white wings, chosen as the national bird of Israel in 2008 (6) |
