| ALLIGATORS | China and southern USA are the only habitats of these large reptiles |
| CREOLE | Denoting a cuisine of the West Indies and southern US, usually including rice, okra, peppers and spices (6) |
| CHICAGO | Where in the US are the Lincoln Park Zoological Gardens? (7) |
| EURASIAN | In USA are ruins from two continents (8) |
| DIAMONDBACKTERRAPIN | Species of turtle of the genus Malaclemys native to the eastern and southern United States |
| STATUES | The Ushiku Diabutsu Amida Buddha and Tsereteli's Columbus are two examples of these large sculptures |
| AVIARIES | Hen houses and chicken coops are examples of these large enclosures for birds |
| PIANOS | Chopin is the 'poet' of these large musical instruments |
| CLARINET | The ____ and 1A are the only wind instruments played by more than one winner of the BBC Young Musician of the Year contest |
| FLORES | Lesser Sunda Island with the largest town Maumere; one of the natural habitats of the Komodo dragon |
| PALMETTO | Though technically a short palm tree from the southern United States, Mexico and Bahamas, the name is also used for the fan-leaf, the only native palm tree in Mallorca (8) |
| ELFOWL | Small bird of prey of Mexico and the southern USA (3,3) |
| RADIOTELESCOPES | Oo! Star eclipsed about earth in orbit - spotted by one of these huge 21? |
| ORIEL | ____ and Pembroke are the only two Oxford University colleges on squares of the same name |
| MUDDY | Like the habitats of many lugworms and fiddler crabs |
| GOBI | ___ Desert, barren area of China and southern Mongolia (4) |
| SHORELINE | Part of the coast where the ocean meets the land; the habitat of birds such as sandpipers and turnstones (9) |
| POLARBEARS | These large predators are native to the Arctic Ocean region (5,5) |
| BAGILLT | Between Flint and Greenfield, overlooking the Dee Estuary, are these big, tall buildings (7) |
| BRER | Trickster character in the African-American oral tradition of the Southern USA, _ Rabbit (4) |
