| AUKS | Deep-diving seabirds in a family that includes the guillemots, puffins and razorbills (4) |
| GUILLEMOT | Deep-diving seabird with a black-and-white plumage and long, narrow bill (9) |
| AUK | Dwelling on coastal cliffs, a diving seabird in the Alcidae family such as a puffin, guillemot, razorbill or murrelet (3) |
| SCOTER | Small diving seabird in which the male is all black (6) |
| IRIS | Flower in a family that includes crocuses, freesias, gladioli; or, the first name of the author who wrote The Sea, The Sea (4) |
| RAIL | Bird in a family that includes the corncrake, coot and moorhen (4) |
| MINT | Spreading vigorously via runners, a herb in a family that includes lavender, rosemary and thyme, used to flavour Moroccan tea, julep or Pimm's Cup (4) |
| URIA | Genus that includes guillemots (4) |
| TUBE | Deep-diving predator lure (4) |
| SKUA | Seabird which steals food from other seabirds in flight |
| ALCA | Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill. |
| TERN | Diving seabird |
| PIERID | From the Latin for "Muse", a butterfly in a family that includes the brimstone, cabbage-white, clouded yellow, cloudless sulphur, creamy marblewing and the orange-tip (6) |
| VIOLA | Genus of plants that includes the pansy; or, an instrument in a family that includes cello and double bass (5) |
| LOVAGE | Used to make a traditional English alcoholic cordial, a herbaceous perennial plant in a family that includes angelica, celery, cow parsley and fennel (6) |
| PINEMARTIN | Animal in a family that includes badger, mink, otter and weasel, Martes martes (4,6) |
| CHIMPANZEE | Great ape in a family that includes the bonobo, gorilla and modern human (10) |
| WARBLER | Old World bird in a family that includes the blackcap, chiffchaff and whitethroat (7) |
| GERBIL | Mammal in a family that includes hamsters and mice, sometimes kept as a pet (6) |
| ALPACA | Animal in a family that includes the guanaco, llama and vicuna (6) |
