| MONARCH | Large milkweed butterfly with orange and black wings, or sovereign who achieves their position through heredity (7) |
| SOUP | "And remember," Groucho warned in Duck ..., "While you're out there risking your life and limb throu |
| ASCLEPIAD | When covered, bedding most of very large milkweed |
| MONARCHS | Large butterflies with orange and black wings (8) |
| LENIN | World leader who wrote, "Socialists cannot achieve their great aim without fighting against all oppression of nations" |
| ACLEANSHEET | Evidence that strikers have failed to achieve their goal |
| COMMA | Butterfly with orange and brown wings (5) |
| CHERRYPICKING | Listen now! And I shall relate the story of the curious sovereign who adorned his castle with images of red fruit, for he was the ... |
| MARYQUEENOF | Sovereign who, in turn, married Francis, the Dauphin of France in 1558, her cousin Lord Damley in 1565 and two years later, the Earl of Bothwell (4,5,2,5) |
| SCOTS | Sovereign who, in turn, married Francis, the Dauphin of France in 1558, her cousin Lord Damley in 1565 and two years later, the Earl of Bothwell (4,5,2,5) |
| TSAR | Sovereign who ruled Siberia, once |
| TORTOISESHELL | A type of butterfly with orange or reddish wings marked with black and yellow (13) |
| REDADMIRAL | Butterfly whose black wings are patterned with orange and white (3,7) |
| GOLDFINCH | Songbird which has a red-and-white face and yellow-and-black wings (9) |
| JAYS | Birds of the crow family, with pinkish-brown bodies and blue-and-black wings (4) |
| WHEATEAR | Small passerine bird with a pale grey back and black wings and tail (8) |
| CHEN | North American geese with chiefly white adult plumage and black wings (4) |
| PAINTEDLADY | Butterfly with orange, black and white colours (7,4) |
| REDADMIRALS | Common butterflies with black wings bearing scarlet and white markings (3,8) |
| WHOOPINGCRANE | Rare American bird with white plumage, black wings and a red face (8,5) |
