| MOLOCH | Genus comprising the Australian desert-living lizard known as the thorny devil (6) |
| KOMODO | ___ dragon, largest living lizard species that inhabits the Lesser Sunda Islands of Indonesia (6) |
| MALLEE | Australian desert gum tree for little Malcolm Lee (6) |
| HUGHES | Novelist friend of Dylan Thomas who penned A High Wind in Jamaica and the Human Predicament series comprising The Fox in the Attic and The Wooden Shepherdess (6) |
| VAISYA | Member of the third of the main four Hindu castes, comprising the merchants and farmers (6) |
| TALMUD | The ___, text of Judaism comprising the Mishnah and the Gemara (6) |
| AGLAIS | From Greek for "splendid, shining", the genus of butterflies comprising the tortoiseshells and peacocks (6) |
| BABOON | Any of the five species of ground-dwelling monkey comprising the genus Papio, found in dry regions of Africa and Arabia (6) |
| EARWIG | Any of the nearly 2000 species of insect comprising the order Dermaptera, including the common European Forficula auricularia (6) |
| PONGID | Formerly, any primate of the family comprising the great apes (6) |
| IONIAN | Relating to an ancient region comprising the central sector of the western coast of Anatolia (6) |
| ANDES | Mountains in the Australian desert (5) |
| CERIUM | Most abundant of the 15 metallic elements comprising the lanthanide, or rare earth, series; atomic no. 58 (6) |
| PISTIL | Flower part comprising the stigma, style and ovary (6) |
| PILEUM | Upper part of a bird's head, comprising the forehead, crown and occiput (6) |
| SIERRA | Main mountain system of Mexico, comprising the Occidental, Oriental and del Sur chains (6) |
| TORBAY | Region of Devon comprising the resorts of Torquay, Paignton and Brixham (6) |
| ALNUS | Genus comprising alder trees in the birch family (5) |
| NANOCHAMELEON | Possibly the smallest lizard known to science (4-9) |
| ROSEHIP | Fruit of the thorny scented-blossomed shrub used as a source of Vitamin C |
