| REEDS | Grass-like plants forming beds in wetlands that provide an important habitat for aquatic warblers, bearded tits, bitterns, common cranes, marsh-harriers and other birds (5) |
| PLANKTON | Which microscopic creatures provide an important source of food for fish? (8) |
| INITIALS | Two letters that provide an alternate answer for each theme entry's clue |
| SUEZ | Canal that provides an important shortcut for vessels travelling between Europe and America cutting |
| SEDGE | Grass-like plant forming a small border (5) |
| PEATBOG | Wetland that yields an organic fuel |
| MERE | Wetland that comes from some maritime reservoir? (4) |
| SEDGES | Grass-like plants that can be found growing in wetlands and meadows (6) |
| TREE | Any one of a number of woody plants forming an arboretum (4) |
| ERGOT | Fungus that infects cereal plants, forming black masses of branching filaments (5) |
| REEDBED | Important natural habitat that develops in wetlands (7) |
| RUSHES | Grass-like plants of wetlands (6) |
| SCIRPUS | Genus of grass-like plants, related to sedge, with the common names club-rush, wood club-rush or bulrush (7) |
| MARL | Term for mud rich in lime or calcium carbonate; Upton, on Wirral, is noted for its ___pits, havens for aquatic wildlife (4) |
| ALGAE | Fellow for example uplifted taking in area for aquatic plants (5) |
| STRIPTEASE | Small guy describing outing that provides an erotic form of entertainment (10) |
| RESTIO | Genus of decorative grass-like plants, native to South Africa (6) |
| REEDSECTION | Perhaps a section of river comprising various types of tall stiff perennial grass-like plants - or a part of the orchestra! (4,7) |
| MOSS | Plants forming mats on rocks, tree trunks etc. |
| EFTPOS | Electronic funds-transfer system that provides an alternative to cash |
