| SOLITARY | Locusts are grasshoppers that are able to exist in either a ___ or gregarious phase |
| PANORAMIC | Providing a wide view, in either a broad span or a microscopic one (9) |
| SOCIAL | From "companion, friend", a word meaning communal, convivial or gregarious; or, a gathering/party (6) |
| LOCUSTA | Grasshoppers that eat all the vegetation in an area (7) |
| LARGER | Locusts are ___ than grasshoppers |
| SWARM | Some locusts are small and affectionate (5) |
| RUMINANTS | ___ are mammals that are able to acquire nutrients from plant-based food by fermenting it |
| WALK | Giant petrels are the only members of the Procellariidae family that are able to ___ effectively on land |
| EELS | Electric ___ (South American fish that are able to stun their prey) |
| MOTILE | Like organisms that are able to traverse their environment, biologically speaking |
| CHAMAELEONS | Lizards that are able to change colour (11) |
| DROP | It's a very dairy way to celebrate Dr. Seuss' birthday on March 2nd: Just add a ___ or two of green food coloring to make a tall glass of Grinch milk |
| ABERRATION | In optics, a defect in a lens or mirror that causes the formation of either a distorted image or one with coloured fringes |
| UNBE | To some extent "swoun" begins to cease to exist in Hardy (4) |
| OBLIGATE | Of an organism, able to exist under only one set of environmental conditions; the opposite of facultative (8) |
| LOCUST | A grasshopper that migrates in swarms and can damage crops (6) |
| SKULK | A group of foxes are called a ___ or a leash. |
| COLONY | A group of seals is called a ___, or bob,pod,harem or crash |
| HAPPYLIFE | "Money can't buy a ___, or a peaceful death": "A Christmas Carol" |
| HERO | "You either die a ___, or you live long enough to see yourself become the villain" (The Dark Knight quote) |
