| NATURE | Meaning "birth", the collective organic phenomena of the physical world including its flora and fauna (6) |
| NOEL | French word for Christmas, derived from the Latin natalis, meaning 'birth' (4) |
| UNENDING | What nun and faun have in common? Not getting close! |
| SCIENCE | Study of the structure and behaviour of the physical world (7) |
| LIMNOLOGY | The study of the physical phenomena of lakes and other fresh waters |
| PURSE | Plant of the mustard family with heart-shaped seed pods and small white flowers, a common weed it can be seen in many parts of the world including by the roadsides of Mallorca (9,5) |
| SHEPHERDS | Plant of the mustard family with heart-shaped seed pods and small white flowers, a common weed it can be seen in many parts of the world including by the roadsides of Mallorca (9,5) |
| FAUNA | Carl Linnaeus's word, essentially invoking the name of an ancient rustic goddess of the countryside and nature's bounty, for a region's collective animal life, as opposed to its flora (5) |
| MADAGASCAR | Island country with the capital Antananarivo where 90 per cent of its flora and fauna are endemic (10) |
| PHENOMENALISM | Philosophical doctrine, advanced by Hume and others, that the physical world only exists as the sum of its observable, sensory qualities (13) |
| OPTICS | The branch of physics that deals with the properties and phenomena of light (6) |
| MOHER | Cliffs of ___, coastal feature in County Clare noted for its flora and fauna |
| EMOTION | Any of various phenomena of the mind such as anger, joy, fear, or sorrow (7) |
| HANDEL | British composer of German birth, the 'father of the oratorio' (6) |
| YINYANG | In Eastern thought, this terms refers to the two complementary forces that make up all aspects and phenomena of life. One is a symbol of earth, femaleness, darkness, passivity, and absorption, symboli |
| TAJMAHAL | Mausoleum in Agra made from Rajasthani marble and 40 types of gems from all over the world including jade, turquoise, lapis lazuli and diamond (3,5) |
| NATURERESERVE | Area managed in order to protect its flora and fauna (6,7) |
| INTERNATIONALWOMENSDAY | March 8 observance connecting billions of people around the world ... including the 22 people whose names cross this answer |
| PLATO | Philosopher who believed that the physical world is only a shadow of true reality |
| DAMIENHIRST | Creator of The Physical Impossibility of Death in the Mind of Someone Living |
