| LICHENS | Composite organisms, such as some mosses (7) |
| MIMICRY | The act/skill of apery or burlesque; or, the resemblance of an organism, such as a stick insect, to another animal/object, such as a twig (7) |
| PROTIST | Unicellular organism such as a slime mould |
| WEXFORD | Reginald -; name of the inspector in Ruth Rendell's novels such as Some Lie And Some Die, An Unkindn |
| DIECAST | Stop working with actors such as some old models (3-4) |
| LOWER | - plants; non-vascular organisms such as algae, mosses and liverworts (5) |
| TUNDRAS | Biomes with vegetation composed of dwarfed shrubs, lichens and mosses (7) |
| RHIZOID | A hairlike root in mosses and other lower plants (7) |
| SCRAWLS | Puts down poorly fawn in middle of mosses |
| PEATBOG | Wetland habitat, rich in sphagnum mosses (4, 3) |
| MARSHES | Mosses |
| FUNGI | Spore-producing organisms such as yeast and mushrooms (5) |
| ALGAE | Photosynthetic organisms such as Chlorella (5) |
| PROTOZOA | Single-celled organisms such as amoebae |
| LUCIFERIN | Pigment occurring in luminescent organisms such as fireflies (9) |
| FUNGAL | Relating to organisms such as moulds, yeast and mushrooms (6) |
| COLONY | Group of cohabiting organisms, such as penguins or bumblebees (6) |
| ALGAL | Relating to various kinds of photosynthesising organisms such as kelp and stonewort (5) |
| EXOSKELETON | Hard protective or supporting outer covering of organisms such as insects and crustaceans, typically made of chitin (11) |
| PROTOZOAN | Any of various minute unicellular organisms such as flagellates, ciliates, sporozoans, amoebas and foraminifers |
