| ORACHE | Edible spinach-like plant of the genus Atriplex that thrives in arid areas (6) |
| ORACH | Edible spinach-like plant - remove it from cultivated haricot (5) |
| SQUASH | Marrow-like plant of the genus Cucurbita whose fruit is eaten as a vegetable (6) |
| RABBIT | Introduced pest that thrives in the South Island (6) |
| AZALEA | Showy flowering shrub that thrives in dry soil (6) |
| AEROBE | Organism that thrives in an oxygenated environment (6) |
| PINOAK | Tree that thrives in damp soil |
| ALPINE | Relating to high mountains or the plants that thrive above the tree line; or, downhill skiing, versus Nordic (6) |
| RUSHES | Grass-like plants of wetlands (6) |
| SEDGE | Studied in caricology, a grass-like plant of the wetland habits often frequented by bitterns or herons, hence one of the whimsical words for a collective wedge of said waders (5) |
| DESERTLILY | Hesperocallis undulata, flowering plant found in arid areas of southwestern USA and northwestern Mexico (6,4) |
| ERIGERON | Large genus of daisy-like plants of the family Asteraceae (composites) commonly known as the fleabanes (8) |
| CALE | Cabbage-like plant of the genus Brassica |
| SHIPOFTHEDESERT | Name given to a large domesticated ruminant renowned for its ability to survive in arid areas (4,2,3,6) |
| SANDGROUSE | Common name for Pterolidae, ground-dwelling birds related to pigeons, mostly found in arid areas |
| HOSTA | Plant that thrives in the shade |
| CAMOMILE | Daisy-like plant of the family Asteraceae (8) |
| BATEAREDFOX | Also called the Cape fox or big-eared fox, this large-eared canine is found in open, arid areas of eastern and southern Africa. It has 48 teeth, 6 more than any other canid. |
| CACTI | Plants in arid areas |
| FLU | Bug that thrives in the winter |
