| TUPELO | Deciduous tree found in damp habitats in North America; also the name of the city Elvis Presley was born in (6) |
| ANDES | They're in the west of S. America, also the east and south (5) |
| IROQUOIS | Indigenous confederacy in North America, also known as the Haudenosaunee (8) |
| WOODLOUSE | Small terrestrial isopod crustacean occurring in damp habitats (9) |
| STARCH | Prominent entrances to creature habitats in reserve (6) |
| ASPHODEL | Lops head off plant in damp habitat (8) |
| MOSS | Low-growing plant of damp habitats |
| PIKA | Any burrowing lagomorph mammal of the family Ochotonidae of Asia and North America, also called cony and mouse hare (4) |
| PAPAW | Small tree of central North America also called the custard apple (5) |
| COYOTE | Predatory canine mammal of North America also known as the prairie wolf; Canis latrans (6) |
| YUCCA | Plant native to desert regions of North America, also grown in many gardens (5) |
| BOBCAT | Most abundant wild feline of North America, also known as the red lynx (6) |
| BRUXELLES | French name of the city that is the headquarters of the EU (9) |
| CANTAB | Coming from the medieval Latin name of the city, what means "of Cambridge"? (6) |
| MISS | Briefly, the state Elvis Presley was in at first (4) |
| CARIBOU | Large deer of Arctic regions of North America also called a reindeer (7) |
| ROADRUNNER | Terrestrial crested bird of Central and southern North America also called a chaparral cock (10) |
| BENARES | Former name of the city of Varanasi in NE India (7) |
| MYSORE | Former name of the city regarded as the cultural capital of Karnataka, India |
| ISTANBUL | What is the present name of the city that has spanned the divide between Europe and Asia for more than 2000 years? (8) |
