| RABBITS | Immortalised in Richard Adams' story Watership Down, herbivorous animals such as cottontails whose mention on the first day of a month is said to invoke good luck (7) |
| BROWSERS | Tools for searching online for herbivorous animals (8) |
| RHINO | Herbivorous animal's right at home with endlessly hot housing (5) |
| TEST | Hampshire river that features in Richard Adams" novel Watership Down (4) |
| FIVER | Rabbit and seer in Richard Adams novel Watership Down (5) |
| BIGWIG | Rabbit in Richard Adams' Watership Down with a tuft of hair on his head (6) |
| BLUEBELL | Jokester rabbit from the Sandleford warren in Richard Adams' Watership Down (1972), a companion of Holly (8) |
| BLACKBERRY | Name of one of the rabbits in Watership Down by Richard Adams; or, a brand of smartphone (10) |
| CAMPION | Captain , one of the rabbits in Watership Down by Richard Adams (7) |
| LAPINE | Fictional language of rabbits, created by Richard Adams for his novel Watership Down (6) |
| DOWN | Watership ___, book by Richard Adams turned into a much-loved animated film (4) |
| DOGS | see 25ac, The third novel by Richard Adams, published in 1977 |
| WATERSHIP | _ Down, Richard Adams' novel about a group of rabbits (9) |
| THEPLAGUE | and 44ac, The third novel by Richard Adams, published in 1977 |
| RCMP | Natl. law group whose "M" is largely obsolete |
| MAC | Brand whose M stands for "makeup" |
| BMW | Automaker whose "M" stands for "Motoren" |
| MRI | Medical test whose "M" stands for "magnetic" |
| MLA | Citation style whose M stands for "Modern" |
| MTA | NYC subway org. whose "M" stands for "metropolitan" |
