| HAWKERS | Dragonflies in the family Aeshnidae (7) |
| ODONATA | In order to see dragonflies, a fellow hid in long grass earlier (7) |
| MARBLES | Bumblebees, cat's eyes, comets, dragonflies, fairies, glitterbombs, soap bubbles ... glass or agate "taws" played in a game of the same name (7) |
| DARTERS | Dragonflies known in North America as meadowhawks or skimmers; tropical snakebirds; a name for archerfishes or perches; people or things that dash or flit; or, players of the game "arrows" (7) |
| DARNERS | Common Green ___ (Migratory dragonflies found in Canada) |
| INSECTS | Ladybugs, dragonflies and ants (7) |
| AESCHNA | Dragonflies chase around bottom of garden area |
| HOVERED | Emulated dragonflies |
| BEEEATERS | These European birds eat about 200 bees a day. (Hence their name.) Their summer diet is mainly bumblebees, and in winter they eat honeybees and dragonflies. The bird rubs the insect against the branch |
| HOBBY | Falcon related to the kestrel, merlin and peregrine; a swift-flying bird catching dragonflies on the wing with a Latin name used for the game Subbuteo (5) |
| ANISOPTERA | Group of insects in the order Odonata that comprises the dragonflies (10) |
| DAMSELFLIES | Flying insects of the suborder Zygoptera in the order Odonata; they are similar to dragonflies, but are usually smaller and have slimmer bodies (11) |
| NYMPHS | Named after mythological nature spirits inhabiting grottoes, rivers and woodlands, the immature forms of damselflies, demoiselles and dragonflies (6) |
| NAIADS | Juvenile dragonflies |
| ODONATES | Old fruits hanging around about dragonflies? |
| PONDS | Breeding spots for mayflies and dragonflies |
| TWISTERS | Dragonflies also known as coral-tailed cloudwings (8) |
| PREY | Mosquitoes, to dragonflies |
| DEVILSDARNINGNEEDLES | A popular name for dragonflies |
| POND | Freshwater habitat often with wildlife including frogs, toads, newts, water boatmen and dragonflies (4) |
