| HORSEFLY | Biting insect that has the dialect name "cleg" |
| ASPARAGUS | Edible plant, formerly in the lily family, also known by the dialect name sparrow grass (9) |
| FRUITFLY | Insect that has the closest DNA to humans and is often subject to medical study (5,3) |
| GIRDLECAKE | One of the dialect names for a type of drop scone (10) |
| TSETSE | The ___ fly is a biting insect that can spread sleeping sickness (6) |
| GNAT | A small biting insect that typically flies in large swarms (4) |
| FLEA | Biting insect that is a pest to cats and dogs (4) |
| ANT | Insect that has reportedly passed the "mirror test" of self-recognition |
| BEOWULF | In the translation of which epic poem, depicting the battle with Grendel's mother, did Seamus Heaney draw from the dialect of his father's family and begin it with the sentence "So."? (7) |
| GNATKINGCOLE | Insect that has a really melodious buzz? |
| IMAGO | Final or perfect stage of an insect that has undergone metamorphosis (5) |
| CADDISFLY | Small moth-like insect that has aquatic larvae (6,3) |
| WASP | Flying insect that has a painful sting (4) |
| PATOIS | The dialect of the common people in a region differing fundamentally from the literary language / vernacular |
| BAHASA | The dialect of Malay used as the national language of the Republic of Indonesia or of Malaysia. |
| GREBE | Biblical or dialect name for the red kite that coasts, drifts, floats, sails and soars gracefully on thermals (5) |
| RUNCH | Scots or dialect name for wild radish or charlock that can also mean a grinding or gnashing of the teeth (5) |
| NYNORSK | What is one of the two official forms of the Norwegian language that is based on the dialects of wes |
| YAFFLE | Dialect name for the green woodpecker (6) |
| TUSCAN | The dialect of The Divine Comedy (6) |
