| PUMA | Elusive feline whose name comes from Quechua |
| COCA | Plant whose name derives from Quechua |
| MACHUPICCHU | UNESCO World Heritage Site in the Andes of southern Peru; from Quechua, 'old mountain' (5,6) |
| QUIPU | From Quechua for "knot", the string-based "talking knots" calculator or mnemonic device of the Incas (5) |
| CHEETAH | From Sanskrit for "leopard" and "spotted one", a swift rosetted feline whose Latin name Acinonyx jubatus, "unmoved onyx", refers to said cat's non-retractile claws (7) |
| CHESHIRECAT | County feline whose last appearance was a grin (8,3) |
| TOM | Cartoon feline whose nemesis is Jerry the mouse (3) |
| BENGALCAT | Hybrid feline whose coat may feature rosettes |
| JAGUAR | Wild feline whose last four letters anagram to "ragu" |
| CAT | Cornish Rex, Ragdoll, Tiffanie, tortoiseshell or other such a feline, whose proverbial look at a king refers to one's rights, regardless of status (3) |
| TABBYCATS | Felines whose coats have dark stripes (5,4) |
| CATS | Domesticated felines whose coat colours include marmalade, tabby, tortoiseshell and calico (4) |
| JERKY | Snack whose name comes from the Quechua for "dried meat" |
| QUINOA | Grain with a Quechua-derived name |
| PERU | Country whose languages include Quechua and Aymara |
| YMA | Sumac with a Quechua-based stage name |
| INCA | Member of the Quechua people whose civilisation flourished in Peru before the Spanish conquest of the 1530s (4) |
| ECUA | Quechua is among its official langs. |
| BOLIVIA | Quechua is one of its official languages |
| YUMA | Quechua reservation city |
