| HAWKSBILL | Endangered sea turtle, Eretmochelys imbricata, found in northern New Zealand (9) |
| HAWKSBILLTURTLE | Eretmochelys imbricata, traditionally hunted for the ornamental material tortoiseshell (9,6) |
| MANGROVE | Plant found in harbour areas around northern New Zealand (8) |
| LOGGERHEAD | Endangered sea turtle species which can have a life-span of more than 60 years (10) |
| YORKSHIRE | Risky hero found in northern England, oddly (9) |
| ADNAUSEAM | Nowadays gold found in Northern lode goes on and on (2,7) |
| BERINGSEA | Run into creatures, each found in Northern waters |
| AGGREGATE | Solid rock a boy found in northern street |
| DECADENCE | Corruption found in northern church after some years |
| TERRAPINS | Sea turtle |
| CORALREEF | Type of underwater ecosystem home to some 4,000 species of fish, seahorses, sponges, anemones, jellyfish, sea turtles, snappers and starfish (5,4) |
| POLLUTION | Human related threat to sea turtles. |
| JELLYFISH | Something squishy that sea turtles eat. |
| STONECRAB | Crustacean eaten by sea turtles |
| TAOS | A member of the Pueblo people living in northern New Mexico. |
| NINNY | Simpleton I name in northern New York (5) |
| CATSKILL | ___ Mountains, part of the Appalachian range in northern New York State |
| FINGERLAKES | Digit-shaped chain in northern New York state |
| ERIE | Canal in northern New York |
| NELSON | Lose pants in northern new town |
