| GUILLEMOT | Common name for several species of seabird in the Alcidae or auk family (9) |
| PUFFIN | Species of seabird in the auk family used as the symbol of the children's imprint of Penguin Books (6) |
| AUK | Black-and-white type of seabird in the Alcidae family such as a guillemot, puffin or razorbill (3) |
| BLUEGUM | Common name for several species of Eucalyptus in Australia (4,3) |
| MINNOW | Common name for several species of small freshwater fish (6) |
| KITTIWAKE | Type of seabird in the gull family (9) |
| JAEGER | Luxury British clothing brand established 1884; also a species of seabird (6) |
| SUMACH | ___ is a common name for several species in the Rhus genus (6) |
| ALCA | Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill. |
| BEDSTRAWS | Common name for several galiums - herbaceous plants with small white or yellow flowers, and slender leaves (formerly used for stuffing mattresses) (9) |
| RINTINTIN | Name for several canine film stars, mentioned in The Magnificent Seven by The Clash |
| MILWAUKEE | US city where the i catches seabird in the distance (9) |
| STILT | Common name for several long-legged species of birds in the family Recurvirostridae (5) |
| RAZORBILL | Member of the auk family, Alca torda |
| FULLMARKS | Top grade of seabird circling loch kilometres south |
| ASPEN | Common name for several trees in the genus Populus, especially the Eurasian P. tremula (5) |
| KESTREL | The common name of several species of predatory birds in the falcon genus (7) |
| ADAMSNEEDLE | Common name for several plants in the genus Yucca (5,6) |
| YEO | Name for several rivers in southwest England, including two tributaries of the Taw and three of the Axe |
| SHORT | A locust is the common name for any member of several species of ___ -horned grasshoppers |