| DEFENCE | Iguana tails are over half the length of their bodies, and can be used as a ___ against predators |
| EMUS | Birds with wings about one-tenth the length of their bodies |
| HOUSEDIVIDED | "A ___ against itself cannot stand" (phrase in a speech by Pres. Lincoln, and description of the circled letters) |
| COMB | This is made of plastic or metal, has thin teeth and can be used to neaten your hair (4) |
| YEAR | Iguanas stay together during the first ___ of their life in family groups which offer protection against predators |
| HEALING | Umtiza Umtiza listeriana: In Xhosa tradition a piece of Umtiza stick can be used as a ___ wand. (7) |
| WARNING | Aposematic colouration is used as a ___ to predatory fish that the snake should be avoided as it is very toxic |
| LOW | Cow's call is only half the length of a bull's |
| SPIRACLES | Millipedes breathe through tiny pore-like holes located down the length of their body, called ___ |
| RADIUS | It's half the length of diameter (6) |
| EXOSKELETON | Scorpions have an ___, or a hard shell, on the outside of their bodies |
| TAILS | Those of Wels catfish comprise 75 per cent of their bodies (5) |
| MOUFFLON | Wild sheep unsettled by full moon, twice as loud but half the length |
| NINETOFIVEJOBS | Forty-hour gigs ... or 19-, 32- and 39-Across, based on the lengths of their words? |
| MANTEL | Author of A Change of Climate and An Experiment in Love as well as the Cromwell trilogy comprising Wolf Hall, Bring Up the Bodies and The Mirror and the Light (6) |
| BLUEROCK | Bird, a species of chat, which is a resident of Mallorca and can be seen in mountainous areas of the island such as Boquer and Formentor in the north east (4,4,6) |
| THRUSH | Bird, a species of chat, which is a resident of Mallorca and can be seen in mountainous areas of the island such as Boquer and Formentor in the north east (4,4,6) |
| DUCK | A paddling-, plump-, sord- or team-forming webfooted waddling waterfowl, such as a mallard or a teal, that displays a range of behaviours from dabbling to head dipping and can be prepared as a meal (4 |
| CATERPILLAR | Butterfly or moth grub, the Processionary variety is one of the biggest pests on Mallorca as its spinal hairs can provoke allergic reactions in humans and can be fatal to cats and dogs (11) |
| ASTRONOMY | The scientific study of celestial bodies and the universe as a whole (9) |
