| WATER | Giraffes don't drink much ___. They get most of their water from the leaves they eat, and only need to drink once every few days. |
| STOMACH | Sloths have a four-part ___ that very slowly digests the tough leaves they eat |
| SIP | Some in pub at first don't drink much (3) |
| TONGS | Secret societies ___ they get a grip (5) |
| SERE | 'The leaves they were withering and ___': Poe |
| SATURATIONPOINT | On the weekend, you get most of the supplies and drink outside Old Stand with no room to swing a cat |
| SEMIAQUATIC | Seals are ___ so they spend most of their time in the water but come onto land to mate, rest and give birth |
| SUPPORTGROUP | They provide advice and encouragement as they eat and drink with team |
| ALOEVERA | Juice extracted from the leaves of a red-flowered succulent plant of the family Asphodelaceae, widely used in medicine and cosmetics (4,4) |
| SLEEP | Giraffes only need 5 to 30 minutes of ___ in a 2 minute naps throughout the day. |
| BOLERO | Opens Bank of Latvia for last time to get most of revenue from dance (6) |
| ESCHEW | The cardinal points to the way they eat and we shun them (6) |
| STEVIA | Calorie- free sugar substitute obtained from the leaves of a South American plant of the family Asteraceae ( composites) ( 6) |
| JACARANDA | Tree with lilac flowers and fern-like leaves, they are often planted alongside roads in Mallorca to line the streets with colour (9) |
| SOCIAL | Wild dogs are extremely ___ and spend most of their time communicating and bonding in some form or another. |
| VIRAGO | Six Romans get most of the cargo for the Amazon (6) |
| CANNIBALS | They are what they eat - and vice versa? (9) |
| CHAMPERS | They eat and drink (8) |
| BLOCK | Cylinder ___, casting in which the cylinders and their water cooling passages are formed (5) |
| TEA | With around 3,000 varieties including Earl Grey, English breakfast and Darjeeling, a beverage derived from the leaves of a species of camellia (3) |
