| NOCTULE | Largest British species of bat, golden-brown with darker wings, ears and face (7) |
| PURPLEEMPEROR | One of the largest British butterflies (6,7) |
| OSNABRUCK | City of north-west Germany, which, at one point, was the largest British military base outside the UK (9) |
| SIAMESE | Cat with slanting blue eyes and pale fur with darker points (7) |
| SPARROW | Bird whose British species include the house and tree |
| BRINDLE | Which colour is tawny, with darker streaks (7) |
| CARAMEL | Brown, or yellowish-brown with a red initially added in (7) |
| PICOTEE | Illustration accompanying books, extremely elaborate, with darker edges |
| LINSEED | Left one with desire to embrace Society for Preservation of Bats, when pressed (7) |
| STRIPES | Shell can be brown with dark-colored ___, or reddish to yellow-coloured with vertical markings |
| HATBAND | Writing about movement of bat, one circling overhead (7) |
| TRAPPED | Bottom edge of bat hit, caught (7) |
| VAMPIRE | Type of bat (7) |
| TANAGER | Bird, brown, with mature rook (7) |
| BARONET | Stick's reddish-brown with variegated tone (7) |
| PULLTAB | Can opener turn delivery skyward, clipping edge of bat? |
| CHARLIE | Brown with the famous dog |
| LESSERHORSESHOE | Species of bat found in the UK that is about the size of a plum (6,9) |
| MOTH | Some British species of which are: Garden Tiger ___ and Elephant hawk___ (4) |
| TWAITE | One of the British species of shad (6) |
