| SHEREKHAN | Enemy of Mowgli in Kipling's The Jungle Book |
| KAA | Rescuer of Mowgli in "The Jungle Book" |
| AKELA | Leader of the wolf pack in Kipling's The Jungle Book |
| BALOO | Bear in Kipling's 'The Jungle book' |
| RIKKITIKKITAVI | Story in Kipling's "The Jungle Book" |
| MOWGLI | Protagonist in Kipling's The Jungle Book (6) |
| WOLF | Akela, eg, in Kipling's The Jungle Book |
| KHAN | Tiger in Kipling's The Jungle Book (4) |
| SHERE | Tiger in Kipling's The Jungle Book (5) |
| SLOWSOLID | Tortoise in Kipling's The Jungle Book (4-5) |
| HATHI | Elephant in Kipling's The Jungle Book (5) |
| BAGHEERA | Panther who serves as protector to Mowgli in Rudyard Kipling's The Jungle Book (8) |
| ISITART | The Devil's repeated question in Kipling's "The Conundrum of the Workshops" |
| NEELSETHI | Actor who plays Mowgli in the 2016 Disney live action version of The Jungle Book (4,5) |
| JUNGLE | In Kipling's works, 'the law of the ...' wasn't survival of the strongest but the expected way of behaving displayed by the animals |
| POLO | Played at Cowdray Park and Smith's Lawn at Windsor Great Park, the "sport of kings" resembling croquet on horseback, portrayed in Kipling's The Maltese Cat (4) |
| LOAM | Best soil type, thus esteemed by those with green fingers and recalled in Kipling's The Glory of the Garden (4) |
| MANCUB | Nickname for Mowgli in "The Jungle Book" |
| SABU | Actor who played Mowgli in the 1942 adaptation of The JungleBook, ... Dastagir (4) |
| LOUIE | King __, orangutan who wants to be like Mowgli in The Jungle Book (5) |
